Re: OT: FTP Servers

[Florin Andrei <florin () sgi com>]

On Fri, 2003-06-06 at 11:51, John Smith wrote:

>     If WU-FTPD is not a good FTP server to use or there are better (i.e. 
> - more secure) servers out there, what would you suggest?  The needs for 
> the site are anonymous FTP, potentially some 'real' FTP users, and up to 
> 500 simultaneous FTP connections.  And of course the FTP server should 
> be free.  :-)

There are several options, depending on your needs. Remember, the better
the security, the worse the configurability/features.

1. Publicfile
It's read-only, anonymous-only. Extremely secure. No features or
configurability whatsoever. Period.
http://cr.yp.to/publicfile.html

2. vsftpd
Can be configured for uploads (so it's read-write). Can be configured
for non-anonymous users. Very simple, so no complex setups with fancy
rules on the directories.
http://vsftpd.beasts.org/
It's also the FTP server of choice in Linux Red Hat 9.

3. PureFTPd
More complex than vsftpd. Allows complex authentication schemes. Can do
chroot on users, quota, bandwidth throttling.
http://www.pureftpd.org/

Beyond that, there are many other options (WU-FTPD, ProFTPD) but i don't
have a good feeling (security-wise) about them, even though i used to
use them a lot in the past.

-- 
Florin Andrei

"The concept of firewalls has started to have an effect at the
cultural level: I once heard a kid on a train describe his mother
as a 'stateful firewall' to one of his buddies." - Marcus Ranum

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