Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 20:05:48 -0500 From: "Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe" <mit@mitayai.net> To: "Brett Glass" <brett@lariat.org>, "Frank W. Miller" <fwmiller@macalpine.cornfed.com>, <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Frank W. Miller" <fwmiller@macalpine.cornfed.com> Subject: RE: ftpd question Message-ID: <NEBBIEGPMLMKDBMMICFNMEJGEFAA.mit@mitayai.net> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010216173625.04a9b2e0@localhost>
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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
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