From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Jul 25 8:54:37 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from snafu.adept.org (snafu.adept.org [63.201.63.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECC0B37B405 for ; Wed, 25 Jul 2001 08:54:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@adept.org) Received: by snafu.adept.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id BC7489EE06; Wed, 25 Jul 2001 08:54:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by snafu.adept.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B42E29B00C; Wed, 25 Jul 2001 08:54:16 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 08:54:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Hoskins To: Nuno Teixeira Cc: Subject: Re: What FTPd FreeBSD uses? In-Reply-To: <011901c10f8c$4be2aff0$0c00a8c0@qnuno> Message-ID: <20010725085009.O15191-100000@snafu.adept.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Nuno Teixeira wrote: > I noted that ftp.freebsd.org uses an FTP version DG-4.1.73 Yes, I believe that's one David Greenman modified for WC's use. I may be wrong, but I believe that explains the 'DG' (thought I read it somewhere). > What the differences between the two ftpds? A cursory review of the respective man pages will show some immediate differences. I've ran both, but it was a /long/ time ago when I played with ProFTP, so I can't really make current comments. > Or, what FTPd program should I use to obtain maximum security? I think a couple quick searches, along with some reading time (features, past exploits, etc.) to understand what 'features' you get from each and how much risk has historically been associated with each will provide the best answer to your question. Later, -Mike -- Log analysis mailing list: http://www.adept.org/mailinglists.html#logwatchers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message