Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 16:20:49 +0200 From: "Karsten W. Rohrbach" <karsten@rohrbach.de> To: Nuno Teixeira <nuno.mailinglists@pt-quorum.com> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What FTPd FreeBSD uses? Message-ID: <20010719162049.A39506@mail.webmonster.de> In-Reply-To: <20010718225121.A3116@>; from nuno.mailinglists@pt-quorum.com on Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 10:51:21PM %2B0100 References: <20010718225121.A3116@>
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--dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Nuno Teixeira(nuno.mailinglists@pt-quorum.com)@2001.07.18 22:51:21 +0000: > Hello to all, >=20 > 1. > The ftpd FreeBSD distribution is FTP verion 6.00 LS. =2E..the standard FreeBSD ftpd >=20 > I noted that ftp.freebsd.org uses an FTP version DG-4.1.73 =2E..the dg@root.com "it's-powerful-but-i-won't-give-the-source-away" ftpd with several nice features -- it's tiny, it uses all sorts of optimizations towards the os, it satisfies a lot of simultaneous sessions, you wield the "powered by dg software" sign when you use it ;-) >=20 > What the differences between the two ftpds? 6.00LS comes with your system dgftpd is commercial software i think > 2. > (I don't want to start a flame war) >=20 > What of this 2 ftpd programs (FTPd FreeBSD dist. and ProFTPd) is more > secure? i would not consider proftpd to be more secure than the freebsd ftpd. proftpd is much too fancy, it suffers some feature-o-mania coding approach, it is complex, thus error-prone. proftpd is not dgftpd. i personally like lukemftpd, but that's just my preference. it lacks decent logging to files, just syslog (at least the version i use). > Or, what FTPd program should I use to obtain maximum security? none ;-) no, honestly, i would stick with the freebsd ftpd or lukemftpd in this case. do you need fancy features? ratio? strange process limiting abilities that act funky? you should use a KISS designed ftpd to get improved security and, if possible, just leave it away in case your do not really need it (scp/rsync over ssh is your friend) /k --=20 > Life is a sexually transmitted disease. KR433/KR11-RIPE -- WebMonster Community Founder -- nGENn GmbH Senior Techie http://www.webmonster.de/ -- ftp://ftp.webmonster.de/ -- http://www.ngenn.n= et/ karsten&rohrbach.de -- alpha&ngenn.net -- alpha&scene.org -- catch@spam.de GnuPG 0x2964BF46 2001-03-15 42F9 9FFF 50D4 2F38 DBEE DF22 3340 4F4E 2964 B= F46 Please do not remove my address from To: and Cc: fields in mailing lists. 1= 0x --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7VuzBM0BPTilkv0YRAtEjAJ9qGW/+BpiqE74HHqupcNTr1zH5wgCcCU2U AgHjnycRUKCVKAlJy5JNPsk= =zWon -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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