vsftpd.conf

James Harrison jamesaharrisonuk at yahoo.co.uk
Sun Sep 12 18:11:00 UTC 2004


Hi,

Has anyone looked at proftpd an alternative to vsftpd
(http://proftpd.linux.co.uk) ?

It appears that it has a provision for ssl.

No more need for clear text passwords......

James

--- Brandon Joseph Adams <bja at illinois.dyndns.org> wrote:

> >>Better to offer a nice GUI configuration utility and just let admins run
> >>it after the installation, or just edit the .conf file if they're of the
> >>mind.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > Nobody set up a ftp server and leave the default config, so it doesn't
> > really matter if anonymous logins are on by default or not.
> 
> Incorrect. That should read, "Nobody SHOULD set up an ftp server and leave
> the default config...". Unfortunately a lot of people who don't have a
> clue do this exact thing, and allowing anonymous ftp logins by default may
> be a security issue for these people.
> 
> I agree that a nice configuration utility would be nice and to just let
> the admin edit the config to his/her liking, but leaving anonymous logins
> off only requires an extra line in the release notes and a small paragraph
> in any manual. I think this is a small price to pay for the potential
> benefits.
> 
> Brandon
> 
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> 
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