[conspire] conspire Digest, Vol 97, Issue 13

[jose tav]

Hi Rick, yep I hear you, I will look into it, as you know vsftpd is now hosted on Google App Engine, because of same security issues with the package.
Thanks


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> As per link:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?s=32d92f164443e4af296c0a57f57b260d&t=79588
> 
> I am planning to install it for the sole purpose of testing
> my web programs practice. I think Google and other guys has
> those services for fre, but ... 
> If I do install I will use one of my laptops, and I am
> planning to have ON on a need basis only (to limit malware
> infections).
> Any feedback with suggestions or tips?
> Thank you,
> Jose
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> Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 01:45:00 -0700
> From: Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com>
> To: conspire at linuxmafia.com
> Subject: Re: [conspire] Good or bad idea a FTP Server
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> Quoting jose tav (j_tav at yahoo.com):
> 
> > As per link:
> > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?s=32d92f164443e4af296c0a57f57b260d&t=79588
> 
> Link appears to be a recommendation to set up proftpd with
> our without a
> GTK-based administrative front end, 'to share files with
> friends using
> FTP protocol'.  Specifically, instructions include
> setting up user
> 'userftp' as a non-shell user account with a particular
> password of your
> choosing, and then giving out those user/password details
> to the
> favoured users who are to be permitted upload and download
> access.
> 
> That's a reasonable plan, on balance, for the specific
> problem detailed
> on that page. 
> 
> The choice of proftpd is unfortunate, because it is a
> buggy,
> overfeatured piece of software, and a menace to system
> security so bad
> that it's inspired creation of a number of
> replacement.  Please see:
> 'FTP Daemons' on http://linuxmafia.com/kb/Network_Other/
> 
> However, your advantage from that cited set of instructions
> is that it
> tells you exactly what to do.
> 
> What you might want to do is implement that solution,
> examine it to
> understand how it works, and then figure out for yourself
> how to do the
> same sort of thing using vs-ftpd, which is a much, much
> better piece of
> software.
> 
> 
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