PROFTPD

[Ronny Buchmann]

Am Mittwoch, 22. Oktober 2003 18:03 schrieb Pekka Pietikainen:
> On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 11:29:29AM -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> > Ronny Buchmann (ronny-vlug at vlugnet.org) said:
> > > > No. We prefer the security history of vsftpd. :)
> > >
> > > So why not use pureftpd?
> >
> > Because we haven't had problems with vsftpd, and it's had both
> > a good stability and performance record in our use. (i.e., if
> > it isn't broken, don't fix it...)
>
> So the question is, why pureftpd? :-)
 - ldap/*sql/custom authentication (without pam)!
 - extensive support for virtual users (per user quota/ratio/bandwidth/...)
 - extensive statistics
 - upload scripts
 - ssl/tls
 - i18n
 - nice configuration tools
 - security record similar to vsftpd ;)

> Only useful (to me) thing vsftpd doesn't do is SSL/TLS, and I can live
> without that, since it's such a beautifully engineered piece of software
> :-)

vsftpd is fine as a basic anonymous ftp server, but not for ISPs and the like

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