[lug] FTP server preferences

[Shannon Johnston]

Both ProFTPD and Wu-FTPD have their ups and downs. I think the issue of
security is based completely on configuration when you set it up. 

At the very least:

Run the server in a chroot jail
Disable anonymous ftp (Unless it's absolutely necessary)
Set very restrictive permissions on the users allowed to ftp
DO NOT run your ftp server as root

I can provide more details on how to do these things using either server
if you would like.


Shannon








On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 10:39, Elyse Grasso wrote:
> I need to set up an ftp server on one of our machines. Which of the ftp 
> servers shipped with current RedHat/KRUD systems is 1) least vulnerable to 
> security problems and 2) easiest to set up and administer? Is there a good 
> discussion of the tradeoffs between the various servers somewhere?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Elyse Grasso
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