From owner-freebsd-security Fri Feb 16 17: 7:33 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from cr592943-a.bloor1.on.wave.home.com (cr592943-a.bloor1.on.wave.home.com [24.156.38.199]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A1BB37B401 for ; Fri, 16 Feb 2001 17:07:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from Laptop ([192.168.0.14]) by cr592943-a.bloor1.on.wave.home.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.1600); Fri, 16 Feb 2001 20:08:27 -0500 From: "Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe" To: "Brett Glass" , "Frank W. Miller" , Cc: "Frank W. Miller" Subject: RE: ftpd question Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 20:05:48 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010216173625.04a9b2e0@localhost> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Feb 2001 01:08:27.0903 (UTC) FILETIME=[228840F0:01C0987E] Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org this is nothing new. they even publish open FTP sites on warez web pages. :-----Original Message----- :From: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG :[mailto:owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Brett Glass :Sent: February 16, 2001 19:40 PM :To: Frank W. Miller; freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG :Cc: Frank W. Miller :Subject: Re: ftpd question : : :Interesting.... A fellow running a Win2K server here in town :reported that his Internet connection had slowed to a crawl. :Upon investigation, it was discovered that someone had dumped :about 1 GB of files into a writable public directory via :anonymous FTP. : :Someone's obviously scanning for writable anonymous FTP :servers and pulling this schoolyard prank. I wonder what they :hope to accomplish, other than tying up bandwidth and disk :space until someone notices? : :--Brett : :At 05:50 PM 2/15/2001, Frank W. Miller wrote: : :>This is probably a simple question but I'm a newbie at sys admin so... :>I've had some people logging into my ftp server and dumping files :>lately. Is there a way to prevent anonymous users from uploading :>files while still allowing regular users to upload? Please respond :>via email to fwmiller@cornfed.com. :> :>Thanks, :>FM :> :>-- :>Frank W. Miller :>Cornfed Systems Inc :>www.cornfed.com :> :> :>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 : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message