Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 10:47:49 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@secnetix.de> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: anonymous-ftp cracked Message-ID: <200109130847.KAA43442@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <000801c13c0d$4969dac0$14ce21c7@avatar.com>
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[broken quoting fixed] Kory Hamzeh <kory@avatar.com> wrote: > Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > I've had a bit of experience with this sort of thing and I have > > to say that > > nobody should be running an open FTP server that allows uploading > > to anyone > > unless they are willing to take the time to monitor it - and I mean every > > day, preferably several times a day. > > [...] > > Yup, I had some jerk constantly fill up the filesystem of the ftp directory > until I finally disabled all uploads. The ethics of some people just amazes > me. If you absolutely need to have an anonymous upload directory, it is probably a good idea to disable ls and read-permission in that directory. That way people can upload things, but they can neither list nor download them without prior operator intervention. Regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co KG, Oettingenstr. 2, 80538 München Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "All that we see or seem is just a dream within a dream" (E. A. Poe) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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