Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 23:22:57 -0500 From: Spikeman <spikeman@myself.com> To: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> Cc: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fwd: WuFTPD: Providing *remote* root since at least1994 Message-ID: <3952E620.2D8BC3A1@myself.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006222306390.65919-100000@achilles.silby.com>
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ProFTPD does really where.. there were some explots in it in younger
versions but by fair not as many as Wu FTPD...
Mike Silbersack wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Mike Tancsa wrote:
>
> > At 10:34 PM 6/22/2000 -0500, Mike Silbersack wrote:
> > >Hm, given the number of explots for wu-ftpd in the last year and a half, I
> > >wonder if it should just be removed from the ports tree based on the
> > >assumption that there are more, and it's just a risk.
> > >
> > >(Does anyone actually still run it?)
> >
> > A lot of people run it still. I would use the stock ftpd with FreeBSD if
> > there was a better way to control anon uploads.
> >
> > ---Mike
>
> Hm, yeah, I tried searching freshmeat for ftpds, and proftpd seems like
> the only other full-featured one. Well, I'm getting glad I don't need to
> run a ftpd. :)
>
> Mike "Silby" Silbersack
>
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