From owner-freebsd-security Thu Jun 22 21:22:31 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mailbox.mcs.net (Mailbox.mcs.com [192.160.127.87]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A23F37B5A4 for ; Thu, 22 Jun 2000 21:22:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from spikeman@myself.com) Received: from myself.com (spikeman@nemean.spikeman.net [204.137.229.4]) by mailbox.mcs.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA17387; Thu, 22 Jun 2000 23:22:18 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from spikeman@myself.com) Message-ID: <3952E620.2D8BC3A1@myself.com> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 23:22:57 -0500 From: Spikeman Organization: SDN - http://www.spikeman.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Silbersack Cc: Mike Tancsa , freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fwd: WuFTPD: Providing *remote* root since at least1994 References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message -- ___ /\ \ phase two of global domination in operation, hide all lions. /::\ \ /:/\:\ \ Comments or Questions email spikeman@myself.com _\:\~\:\ \ /\ \:\ \:\__\ Spikeman spikeman@myself.com \:\ \:\ \/__/ http://www.spikeman.net \:\ \:\__\ Find Me On EFNET /whois Spikeman \:\/:/ / \::/ / Friends are lights in winter; \/__/ The older the friend, the brighter the light. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message