Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 11:02:34 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>, robert@cyrus.watson.org, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Possible problem with ftpd 6.00 Message-ID: <199712041602.LAA17027@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <15222.881232488@time.cdrom.com> References: <199712040810.DAA19509@homeport.org> <15222.881232488@time.cdrom.com>
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<<On Thu, 04 Dec 1997 02:48:08 -0800, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> said: > 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 Only if they were written by idiots and within the past ten years. Old TOPS-20 systems never required a password for anonymous access, if I remember aright. (Of course, ITS and WAITS would talk to you without logging in.) An FTP client should be prepared to accept either a 331 ``Send password'' or a 230 ``Login OK'' response after sending any username. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick
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