From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 3 19:59:54 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8740837B401 for ; Thu, 3 Jul 2003 19:59:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail1.panix.com (mail1.panix.com [166.84.1.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1D6743FDF for ; Thu, 3 Jul 2003 19:59:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nuk@panix.com) Received: from panix2.panix.com (panix2.panix.com [166.84.1.2]) by mail1.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B50F4971A for ; Thu, 3 Jul 2003 22:59:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nuk@localhost) by panix2.panix.com (8.11.6p2/8.8.8/PanixN1.1) id h642xqr26384 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 3 Jul 2003 22:59:52 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 22:59:52 -0400 From: Monte Milanuk To: FreeBSD-questions Message-ID: <20030704025952.GA2838@panix.com> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD-questions References: <3F04AB61.2010405@intersonic.se> <1057276908.21820.24.camel@jake> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1057276908.21820.24.camel@jake> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: Re: Opinions on ftp-server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2003 02:59:54 -0000 On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 08:01:48PM -0400, Adam wrote: > Sounds like you want PureFTPd .. It's as secure as FTP can possibly be > (without using extras like SSL/TSL), and is extremely stable. In fact, > its the only popular FTPd that has NEVER had a root exploit. And, it > supports privilege seperation. > > Note that the next major version is supposed to support SSL/TLS, but > this might not be released for a while. > > What you want is a FTPd that supports the basics, without all the extra > 'warez' features. It's those extra features that lead to security > problems and instability. > > Anyhow, I would highly recommend you read through this page to make an > educated decision yourself: > http://www.linuxmafia.com/pub/linux/security/ftp-daemons > So what makes pureftpd so much better tahn vsftpd? Seems to work well for RedHat, SuSE, and OpenBSD, to name a few. http://vsftpd.beasts.org/ nuk -- I know more than enough *nix to do some very destructive things, and not nearly enough to do very many useful things.