Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 07:42:01 -0500 From: Chris Faulhaber <jedgar@fxp.org> To: Dominic Marks <dominic_marks@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Secure Servers (SMTP, POP3, FTP) Message-ID: <20010211074201.B1396@jive.44bsd.net> In-Reply-To: <F55PFTg4bPYkAOt67zL00011da9@hotmail.com>; from dominic_marks@hotmail.com on Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 11:39:01AM -0000 References: <F55PFTg4bPYkAOt67zL00011da9@hotmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 11:39:01AM -0000, Dominic Marks wrote: > Hello, > > I'd really appreciate some opinions on the performance of some daemons. I'm > trying to assess which is the best choice to offer both security and > performance under FreeBSD 4.2. Apache seems like a pretty defacto choice for > HTTP which I'm very happy with but I'm a little less sure what choose on > others, in particular for ftp and mail servers. > Well, the following seems a bit backwards: > FTP Options: > 1. proFTPd - Seems secure and has "enterprise" features Not sure... > 2. wu-Ftpd - Good security (bad History) excellent performance I doubt that it is now in the 'good security' category with numerous remote root holes per year (and I am sure more to come). > 3. ftpd - Dodgy security? Doesn't seem to be used very much Not sure where you get 'dodgy security' from. Our ftpd hasn't been vulnerable in quite a while (including not being vulnerable to the hole OpenBSD's ftpd was last year). The big question is: what features do you need? If the base ftpd has the features you require, why install something else with a poor history? > > Mail Options: > 1. Qmail - Secure, written for FreeBSD (Qwest?), Fast, Configurable But the code is unauditable and the license stinks. > 2. Sendmail - Industry standard, works fine, big user base > 3. Postfix - Secure, quite light on system resources, growing support Along with easy to configure > I'd appreciate some feedback on any of these, any comments you might have > would be very helpful, or perhaps links to articles on this subject. > -- Chris D. Faulhaber - jedgar@fxp.org - jedgar@FreeBSD.org -------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD: The Power To Serve - http://www.FreeBSD.org [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: FreeBSD: The Power To Serve iEYEARECAAYFAjqGiJkACgkQObaG4P6BelCF8QCgmeoybdMOvnlXgUZZ8vqzVTzg 910AoIIc9BhvuxhrR/VoYeCn0wHCi8KX =e2e4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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