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Subject: Re: FreeBSD's FTP Daemon
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I would have to agree that ncftpd is probably
one of the best ftpd's available for ISP use.
It is also one of the most secure. If you have
purchased a registration key then simply get the
latest version and read the documentation.
I have found the features extremly handy.

Andrew

Rene Scott wrote:

> * Holtor (holtor@yahoo.com) [990608 12:47]:
> >  Hello, I run a moderatly sized ISP and as an
> >  FTP daemon we use NcFTPD (www.ncftpd.com). I really
> >  have no use for any of its features, plus i'm sure
> >  most of these features are included with using
> >  the normal ftpd from inetd.
>
> Running a ftp-server from inetd is for low-volume sites.
>
> >  A few things I need to know first, is were can I get
> >  more information about this? Configuration wise..
> >  theres a lot of stuff i'd like to change, (pre-login
> >  message, hostname it says, etc..)
>
> Did you look at the config files that comes with ncftpd?
> It's very well documented.
>
> >  Secondly, lately i read some stuff about security
> >  in this ftpd? Running the normal ftpd that comes
> >  with freebsd is probably the safest way to go am I
> >  correct?
>
> Probably not true. I think wu-ftpd-2.5.0 is the latest
> release at this time.



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