From owner-freebsd-security Thu Jun 22 21:29: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mail.fpsn.net (mail.fpsn.net [63.224.69.57]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B83B37B8AF for ; Thu, 22 Jun 2000 21:29:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cfaber@fpsn.net) Received: from fpsn.net (control.fpsn.net [63.224.69.60]) by mail.fpsn.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA76644; Thu, 22 Jun 2000 22:24:16 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from cfaber@fpsn.net) Message-ID: <3952E6B5.7123A453@fpsn.net> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 22:25:25 -0600 From: Colin Faber Reply-To: cfaber@fpsn.net Organization: fpsn.net, Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Spikeman Cc: Mike Silbersack , Mike Tancsa , freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fwd: WuFTPD: Providing *remote* root since at least1994 References: <3952E620.2D8BC3A1@myself.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Agreed, with a correctly setup ProFTPD you can't got wrong, Much more powerful then the stock FTPd and many less exploits then WU's stuff. Spikeman wrote: > > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message