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Date:      Sun, 6 Oct 2002 15:09:14 -0700
From:      Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org>
To:        Socketd <db@traceroute.dk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Secure FTPd
Message-ID:  <3FC428A9-D978-11D6-A2D9-000393681B06@lafn.org>
In-Reply-To: <20021006.22051000.2959583665@rafter.>

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On Sunday, Oct 6, 2002, at 15:05 US/Pacific, Socketd wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> On 10/6/02, 11:52:16 PM, Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> wrote regarding 
> Re:
> Secure FTPd:
>
>> The problem with adding SSL to ftpd is the clients.  You would have to
>> create an ftp client with SSL added also.  ssh's sftp has that
>> capability and there are 2 generally available clients - sftp and scp.
>> I believe there are clients for most computers.
>
> Well, all my users use windows and there a some ftp clients that loves
> SSL (like CuteFTP).

You would have to emulate their SSL interface - which is that provided 
by ssh's sftpd.  It could be done, but would take some research.

>
>> qpopper provides SSL for POP3 which works with most of the common mail
>> clients.  You may have to provide a popper port for both 110 and 995 
>> in
>> order to pick up both the older and newer clients.  I have had to
>> provide both.
>
> Ok. Performance-wise all services should run their own SSL support, but
> it there one for the default ftpd?

Not that I am aware of.  Everyone appears to be using ssh.  However, it 
is lacking chroot support.

>
>> SSL can be used with sendmail.  There is a lot of information 
>> available
>> at www.sendmail.org.  I have not tried that yet.  Its on the list of
>> things to do someday.
>
> Ok, but it is not widely used?

No idea.  The clients supposedly support it but I have never tried it.

>
> Br
> socketd
>
>


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