From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 4 10:14:48 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 CD08937B401 for ; Fri, 4 Jul 2003 10:14:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail1.panix.com (mail1.panix.com [166.84.1.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00EAC43FBF for ; Fri, 4 Jul 2003 10:14:47 -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 7AC514CAFD for ; Fri, 4 Jul 2003 13:14:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nuk@localhost) by panix2.panix.com (8.11.6p2/8.8.8/PanixN1.1) id h64HEkX19059 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 4 Jul 2003 13:14:46 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 13:14:46 -0400 From: Monte Milanuk To: FreeBSD-questions Message-ID: <20030704171446.GA28901@panix.com> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD-questions References: <3F04AB61.2010405@intersonic.se> <1057276908.21820.24.camel@jake> <20030704025952.GA2838@panix.com> <1057320720.21820.32.camel@jake> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1057320720.21820.32.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 17:14:48 -0000 On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 08:12:00AM -0400, Adam wrote: > I should ask you, what specific advantages does vsftpd have over > Pure-FTPd? I have been using Pure-FTPd for over a year and am very > pleased; should I switch? Heck no, man, use whatever floats your boat. I use ftp intermittently, usually when there is something that needs transferred or installed on my little home LAN and there isn't another easier way to do it. I just find it interesting to see people recommending pureftpd as the end-all, be-all of secure, unbreakable ftp daemons. Then I go to the project site, and the 'big' name user is the Spanish Nat'l Research project. No offense to anyone associated w/ said group, but I'm thinking seeing projects like OpenBSD, RedHat, SuSE, SANS, and IBM recommending vsftpd as the ftpd of choice (heck, even the LinuxMafia article you cited mentioned vsftpd was the authors preferred option) makes me think vsftpd, not pureftpd. Does pureftpd have an impeccable security record? Sure looks like it. Does it have a lot of nice feature and add-ons available. Appears so. vsftpd, from the little bit I've seen setting it up on Linux boxes, is pretty bare bones, w/ no frills. So again, if pureftpd is what works for you, keep on truckin' ;) nuk -- I know more than enough *nix to do some very destructive things, and not nearly enough to do very many useful things.