ftp slow w/ proftpd# Samba fast

[Excalibur Xcalibur]

Please read below:

On 8/4/07, Tony Nelson <tonynelson at georgeanelson.com> wrote:
>
> At 9:14 PM +0100 8/4/07, Alan Cox wrote:
> >On Sat, 4 Aug 2007 12:37:16 -0400
> >"Excalibur Xcalibur" <excalibur.xcalibur at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> vsftpd simply rocks. Even wu-ftpd works fast. That proftpd seems to be
> a
> >> piece of sh*t!
> >>
> >> Security is one thing. Annoying users is another. What good is it to
> have a
> >> super secure system when my users spend hours to download or upload
> files?
> >> I'm pretty sure vsftpd can be configure or patched.
> >
> >You can make vsftpd do a lot of things, and as it was written for
> >security first its extremely well designed.
>
> It does, however, allow unlimited password cracking attempts, while
> Proftpd
> can be configured to prevent, with the help of some iptables rules.
> (Ignore what that dolt Excalibur Xcalibur will say in response -- PEBKAC.)
>

Blockhosts v2.05 can take care of that. Although Alan Cox is right if we
want to configure it the *not-so-easy* way. ;)

It has support for vsftpd. So it can limit the number of attempts.

http://www.aczoom.com/cms/blockhosts
http://optics.csufresno.edu/~kriehn/fedora/fedora_files/f7/howto/blockhosts.html(Thanks
Greg!)

Also vsftpd can be configured to limit login per IP address.

Check this: http://vsftpd.beasts.org/#performance (Well seriously I do
believe them and can confirm it!)

I tried WU-ftpd and it works faster than proftpd on my box, but according to
download times, the fastest is vsftpd.

vsftpd>WU-ftpd>proftpd.


PS: It is easy to write "PEBKAC" even to all the postings  in this list and
try to appear smarter than the rest. But you fail to realize that the true
smart ones who really know what they are doing will actually use their
brains to help others out  and be humble about it.


-- 
Peter "Excalibur"
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