Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 22:59:52 -0400 From: Monte Milanuk <nuk@panix.com> To: FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Opinions on ftp-server Message-ID: <20030704025952.GA2838@panix.com> In-Reply-To: <1057276908.21820.24.camel@jake> References: <3F04AB61.2010405@intersonic.se> <1057276908.21820.24.camel@jake>
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On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 08:01:48PM -0400, Adam wrote: > Sounds like you want PureFTPd .. It's as secure as FTP can possibly be > (without using extras like SSL/TSL), and is extremely stable. In fact, > its the only popular FTPd that has NEVER had a root exploit. And, it > supports privilege seperation. > > Note that the next major version is supposed to support SSL/TLS, but > this might not be released for a while. > > What you want is a FTPd that supports the basics, without all the extra > 'warez' features. It's those extra features that lead to security > problems and instability. > > Anyhow, I would highly recommend you read through this page to make an > educated decision yourself: > http://www.linuxmafia.com/pub/linux/security/ftp-daemons > So what makes pureftpd so much better tahn vsftpd? Seems to work well for RedHat, SuSE, and OpenBSD, to name a few. http://vsftpd.beasts.org/ nuk -- I know more than enough *nix to do some very destructive things, and not nearly enough to do very many useful things.
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