Or give vsftpd a try. It is fast and more secure IMHO than wu-ftpd. Pro-FTPD is good as well.
-matt chapman -----Original Message----- From: Lewi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 4:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: about chroot wu-ftpd; was->Re: Re: the port 41430?I was cracked :-( oh, ic in what I'm thinking now it's clear now that running proftpd is better than wu-ftpd because I see that proftpd ran as non-root user thank you very much On Sun, Jun 02, 2002 at 10:59:10PM +1000, Greg Wright wrote: > > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > On 2/06/2002 at 1:18 PM Lewi [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [gregausit/redhat-list] wrote: > > >talking about wu-ftpd, I know that anonymous user in wuftpd release > >by red hat using chroot env, is this meant that, even I ran wu-ftpd > >in chroot, still can't protect your system. > > > >so what the chroot really used for?? > >I have read Securing Red Hat by Gerhard, in his book he still using > >wu-ftpd in chroot environment > > > >need for explanation, please > >I'm really confusing :( > > > > I setup wu years back to run users chrooted, I am not sure what is in > 7.3, but chrooting for wu is usually related to the user or group > being chrooted or jailed so they cannot leave a directory, it does not > offer any protection from say a known buffer overload. > > If the wu daemon is run as a non priveledged user and chrooted, then > this would be a setup that offers security for the system and not for > protection agains users browsing to a directory where they could read > your secret files.... > > Hope that clarifies the basics or principle idea. > > > > Regards > > Greg Wright > -- > > IT Consultant Sydney Australia PH 0418 292020 -- Int. +61 418 292020 > Available for Global Contracts US Fax -- 801 740 2874 > Web http://www.ausit.com E-mail Greg AT AusIT.com > Trading As - AAA Computers -- providers of IT services. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- ichtus ------ Lewi Supranata .K ICQ: 50643061 Homepage : http://mercury7.petra.ac.id/~ichtus ---> http://www.petra.ac.id:8080/~ichtus/ <--- GnuPG Public Key : http://mercury7.petra.ac.id/~ichtus/ichtus-keys _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
