FTPd recommendation?

[Greg Barniskis]

Jerry McAllister wrote:

> Using what comes with the base system.
> Having no problem.

Same here. If functionality is in the base, my philosophy is that 
replacing it violates the KISS principle unless the replacement 
offers some additional functionality that justifies the change. 
Security problems detected in the base are usually fixed very, very 
quickly.

If truly worried about the security of any ftpd (base or not), jail 
it and (if you can) firewall the access to limit usage to specific 
clients. Probably better, use SCP or SFTP instead of plain old FTP. 
Of course, you can't block or secure logins if you're aiming at 
anonymous access from the big bad Internet, but jailing the service 
might be sufficient then.

You might get better answers if you posted details about intended 
use and any atypical functionality required/desired. There are nifty 
ftpd replacements available that serve particularly well for some 
environments.


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