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RE: configuring ftpd for upload

To: "Michael Schmidt" <mschmidt@fh-koblenz.de>,"Andreas Gunnarsson" <andreas@crt.se>
Subject: RE: configuring ftpd for upload
From: "Anil Madhavapeddy" <anil@recoil.org>
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 10:52:44 +0100
Cc: "Saad KADHI" <obsidian@cybercable.fr>, <misc@openbsd.org>
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Michael Schmidt wrote:
> 
> Why don't you (not only Andreas but others too) like proftpd?
> Where is the risk to run it under openbsd?
> 

I used to like ProFTPD, but I gave up on it after the 4th or
5th remote root exploit that came out for it.

It may well be secure now, but I'd rather wait and see if it
stands the test of time rather than risk my servers on it
again.

That aside, it's an excellent FTP server with very a intuitive
configuration system.

--
Anil Madhavapeddy, <anil@recoil.org>

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