On Sun, 2004-06-20 at 16:00 +0200, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Am So, den 20.06.2004 schrieb Rui Miguel Seabra um 15:41: > > proftpd has historically had many security problems (probably due to the > > many more features). > > Which software not? Some software has less bugs than others. > wu-ftpd was even worse. Indeed it is! > As always, running a server > with specific services you _always_ have to watch out for bug reports > and keep your system up to date! Of course having to do it too many times without any need is not smart! Luckily there are other choices. > > ftp is braindead anyway, if you have to use a daeon, use one with the > > least ammount of features possible. > I do not agree. Do you care to substantiate? Two ports for what? One of them just for carrying data? yuck! Can't you do the same with HTTP? Some clients even talk to HTTP in a way that it "looks" like an FTP site (hint: lftp). FTP is in the same class as TELNET... obsolete, redundant, less secure, etc... :) Hugs, Rui
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