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Date:      Sun, 06 Oct 2002 22:05:10 GMT
From:      Socketd <db@traceroute.dk>
To:        Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Secure FTPd
Message-ID:  <20021006.22051000.2959583665@rafter.>
In-Reply-To: <E10FF169-D975-11D6-A2D9-000393681B06@lafn.org>
References:  <E10FF169-D975-11D6-A2D9-000393681B06@lafn.org>

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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 10/6/02, 11:52:16 PM, Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> wrote regarding Re=
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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=20
SSL (like CuteFTP).

> 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 i=
n
> 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?

> SSL can be used with sendmail.  There is a lot of information availabl=
e
> 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?

Br
socketd

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