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From: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net>
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Cc: Frederique Rijsdijk <frederique@isafeelin.org>
Subject: Re: ftps ?
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On Monday 03 August 2009 03:28:15 Frederique Rijsdijk wrote:
> I'm looking into running ftps for my webhosting server. But the ftpd of
> BSD seems incapable of doing so.
>
> Are there plans to implement this, or am I overlooking something?
>
> I'm aware of the fact that I can run a ftp server from ports to do this,
> but I would like to keep it as simple as possible.

O'Reilly's "Network security with OpenSSL" claims stunnel is capable of doing 
this. I guess it's similar to installing a port for the ftpd, except that you 
can just keep your old ftpd config, which is likely to be more elaborate then 
stunnel's.
-- 
Mel