Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 21:09:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Matt Heckaman <matt@ARPA.MAIL.NET> To: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> Cc: Kenneth Mays <kmays2000@hotmail.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WU-FTPD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010072109000.98552-100000@epsilon.lucida.qc.ca> In-Reply-To: <200010080059.e980xRZ62667@earth.backplane.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 However, if you need the features that wu-ftpd provide, and want an FTPD with a good track record, you can check out ProFTPD, which is a lot easier to use and far more flexible than wu-ftpd. Apache style configureation is quite nice to use. It's in the ports. :) On Sat, 7 Oct 2000, Matt Dillon wrote: : I would either use the ftpd supplied with FreeBSD, or not : use ftpd at all... especially not wu-ftpd, which has a : terrible history of root compromises. This is one case where : all those cool features in wu-ftpd are just not worth the : potential for yet another root hack being discovered. : : -Matt * Matt Heckaman - mailto:matt@lucida.qc.ca http://www.lucida.qc.ca/ * * GPG fingerprint - A9BC F3A8 278E 22F2 9BDA BFCF 74C3 2D31 C035 5390 * -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: http://www.lucida.qc.ca/pgp iD8DBQE538k3dMMtMcA1U5ARAsq+AJ96ROh/AjanDbFDeG7t90r/brrAAgCcCgyu TolP3WOf9Xm64sReUZCl5hQ= =4IxC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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