At 9:14 PM +0100 8/4/07, Alan Cox wrote: >On Sat, 4 Aug 2007 12:37:16 -0400 >"Excalibur Xcalibur" <excalibur.xcalibur@xxxxxxxxx> 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.) -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
