Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 18:49:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Enkhyl <enkhyl@hayseed.net> To: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> Cc: Allen Smith <easmith@beatrice.rutgers.edu>, isp@FreeBSD.ORG, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Copyleft/BSD Copyright FTP Proxy Software Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.02.9809161847330.23514-100000@hillbilly.hayseed.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809162010110.14799-100000@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us>
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On Wed, 16 Sep 1998, Chris Dillon wrote: > On Wed, 16 Sep 1998, Allen Smith wrote: > > > Hi. Anybody know of any good Copyleft or BSD Copyright FTP Proxy > > Software? SOCKS version 4 is no longer being supported by its > > developers, so far as I can tell. > > > > Thanks, > > > > -Allen > > > > P.S. I'm wanting copyleft or BSD copyright because those tend to get > > security and other fixes a lot faster, plus I have in mind some > > improvements to the normal proxy server functions that I'd like to be > > able to distribute. > > > > -- > > Allen Smith easmith@beatrice.rutgers.edu > > > > The Squid Proxy and Object Cache handles both HTTP and FTP proxy and > caching. It exists in the FreeBSD ports collection and more info can be > found at http://squid.nlanr.net. It is in my experience a very good > solution, and apparently very popular. This is fine if you don't mind massive buffer overflow potential. Squid is not what I would call a security-minded piece of software. Just my $0.02 from perusing the source. -- Christopher Nielsen Scient: The Art and Science of Electronic Business cnielsen@scient.com <http://www.scient.com>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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