Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 02:48:08 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org> Cc: robert@cyrus.watson.org, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Possible problem with ftpd 6.00 Message-ID: <15222.881232488@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 04 Dec 1997 03:10:04 EST." <199712040810.DAA19509@homeport.org>
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> If you design systems such that people need to RTFM, your systems will > fail. The FTP daemon should be re-written so that it doesn't ask for > a password when its offering anonymous access. (As in http). Which would break the heck out of many traditional FTP clients which expect every user, be it a legit one or an anonymous one, will result in a password being requested by the ftpd and they'll probably fail the handshake with your optimization. Jordan
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