FTP server recomendations?

John Bowden john.bowden43 at blueyonder.co.uk
Thu Jan 18 20:33:04 UTC 2007


On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 14:17 -0600, Greg Swift wrote:
> John Bowden wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 17:56 -0600, Thomas Cameron wrote:
> >   
> >> On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 22:30 +0000, John Bowden wrote:
> >>     
> >>> On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 16:07 -0600, Thomas Cameron wrote:
> >>>       
> >>>> On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 21:52 +0000, John Bowden wrote:
> >>>>         
> >>>>> I.m gonna set up an ftp server on another box, sooner or later it will
> >>>>> be open to the public, though not right away. Any suggestions on which
> >>>>> server to run. I'm also setting up Apache on the same box and that has
> >>>>> an ftp module, should I stick with that?
> >>>>>           
> >>>> vsftpd comes with FC6, and it is pretty secure.  In fact, "vsftpd"
> >>>> stands for Very Secure FTP Daemon.  See http://vsftpd.beasts.org/#people
> >>>> for some testimonials.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thomas
> >>>>
> >>>>         
> >>> Er. I.m thinking of using Mandriva Linux (ducks & weaves), as I been
> >>> using it for a lot longer and know it a bit better.
> >>>       
> >> Perhaps you should ask on that list, then?  I don't know about others on
> >> this list, but I am certainly not a subject matter expert on Mandriva.
> >>
> >> Or just use vsftpd on Mandriva.  It should work on any distro.
> >>
> >> Thomas
> >>
> >>     
> > I was asking for ftp server software recommendations to see what people
> > were using. It is available in the MDK repositories so I will probably
> > go with it
> >
> >
> >   
> i realize i'm a few days late coming in on this one, but I'd personally 
> recommend pure-ftpd. Its very flexible, provides better virtual user 
> support than vsftpd, and has a very clean security track record. 
> Although I havent used it for anonymous ftp, I have been utilizing it as 
> my primary ftp server for almost 7 yrs now. Going through the 
> configuration file, it seems to offer many options towards anonymous ftp...
> 
> -greg
> 
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Installed it and now trying to get to grips with it. Thanks for the
recommendation any way
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