On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, duncan wrote: > Hello- > > Im going to be setting up an FTP server, and am aware that ftp has a > history of bad security. > > I have looked around at ftp servers, and pure-ftpd seems to be pretty > good... however, im not sure. When i setup my ftp server most people advised me to use ProFTPd, its really nice, secure and it uses an apache-like conf file > > Any one have any best practices or good advice to help ensure decent > security on the box? for standard FTP my recomendation is to allow anonymous read-only access only, for uploads users can use SFTP > SFTP? > > Its a linux box, and folks will be connecting (maybe doenst matter) with > windows. in your anonymous ftp you can have a copy of psftp (search for putty on google) psftp is a sftp client for windows. -munir > > thanks > > duncan > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > --