On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, steven knight wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, John D. Hardin wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, steven knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I am trying to setup a directory for anonymous
> > > ftp upload. I have a directory in /home/ftp/pub
> > > called incoming. I did,
> > >
> > > $ chmod 777 incoming
> >
> > ...what does your uni think about hosting warez sites?
>
> Not known. I was however, hosting a mirror of linux related ftp
> servers. metalab.unc.edu, gnu, gnome, ldp -- not warez.
>
> > Not that that's your intent, but the warez kiddiez *will* find you.
That's why I added the "intent" comment. Your intent is good - help
out the community. But an FTP site that allows unrestricted anonymous
uploads is a dangerous way to do that. The warez kiddiez will likely
find it and start using it as a warez site, regardless of *your* goal
in providing it. Do you really want the uni to pull your 'net access
because some bozo dumped a bunch of copyrighted MP3 files on you, and
somebody else sicced the RIAA on the uni?
There ways to make it harder on the bad guys. For example:
chmod 733 incoming
will prevent anonymous users from listing the incoming directory. If
they know the name of the file they can still retrieve it, but they
can't browse.
If you're running wu-ftpd, take a look at the "upload" option in
ftpaccess. You'll want to set the default user, group and mode so
that nobody can read or overwrite the file that's been uploaded until
you intervene and move it to a permanent location with proper
permissions. You'll probably want to configure it so files get created
as something like 600 nobody:nobody.
Setting up an anonymous-upload FTP server means you'll have to keep an
eye on it to prevent abuse, and you'll have to manage the files people
upload.
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