Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 14:24:44 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Ben Pepa <bpepa@msn.bc.ca>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: uploads with ftpd Message-ID: <19980208142444.63329@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980207193905.4624A-100000@freight.msn.bc.ca>; from Ben Pepa on Sat, Feb 07, 1998 at 07:47:00PM -0800 References: <19980208124650.28338@freebie.lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980207193905.4624A-100000@freight.msn.bc.ca>
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On Sat, 7 February 1998 at 19:47:00 -0800, Ben Pepa wrote: > Does anyone see reason to have an /incoming directory for uploads? Not necessarily. > For the past 2 days I've seen my server slow down and I looked at the logs > and someone has been uploading commercial software from what looks to be > off a cd-rom and advertising it to their friends. At > one point, we had 60 ftp connections from people downloading it. > > I see no reason to have the incoming directory but most people seem to > have one. Will their be any problems if I were to delete it? No, unless you want to use it yourself. If you don't use it, you could also remove the anonymous ftp login. > If anyone has also had someone using their site for this illegal > use, what actions did you take (like e-mail their ISP or the > software companies etc..), if any? I had problems with spammers. I complained to the host ISP, and got no useful feedback. Check out http://www.lemis.com/spamalibi.html for one example. Good luck Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe questions" in the body of the message
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