[gentoo-server] ftp server recommendations

[gentoo-server] ftp server recommendations

[Covington, Chris]

Hi all,

I'm looking for a secure, fast FTP server to authenticate against an
LDAP backend.  I've narrowed it down to these from portage:

vsftpd
pure-ftpd
proftpd

Can anyone recommend one over the other?

thanks
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Re: [gentoo-server] ftp server recommendations

[Ian P. Christian]

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On Wednesday 17 August 2005 20:11, Covington, Chris wrote:
> pure-ftpd
> proftpd
>
> Can anyone recommend one over the other?

I've recently moved from proftpd to pure-ftpd, because pure-ftpd offers a 
virtual chroot feature, which I find very useful.

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RE: [gentoo-server] ftp server recommendations

[Wilkins, Vern]

Why not vsftpd?  I always preferred proftpd until I discovered vsftpd.
It's incredibly secure for an ftp server, very fast, and easily
configurable with so many options.  I especially like the ease and
flexibility with which you can configure bandwidth limitations.

Vern


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From: Ian P. Christian [mailto:pookey@pookey.co.uk] 
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] ftp server recommendations

On Wednesday 17 August 2005 20:11, Covington, Chris wrote:
> pure-ftpd
> proftpd
>
> Can anyone recommend one over the other?

I've recently moved from proftpd to pure-ftpd, because pure-ftpd offers
a 
virtual chroot feature, which I find very useful.

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[Steve Wilson]

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Then your decision might be bolstered by this one.

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Ian P. Christian wrote:

>On Wednesday 17 August 2005 20:11, Covington, Chris wrote:
>  
>
>>pure-ftpd
>>proftpd
>>
>>Can anyone recommend one over the other?
>>    
>>
>
>I've recently moved from proftpd to pure-ftpd, because pure-ftpd offers a 
>virtual chroot feature, which I find very useful.
>
>  
>

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Re: [gentoo-server] ftp server recommendations

[Bastian Balthazar Bux]

Covington, Chris wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm looking for a secure, fast FTP server to authenticate against an
> LDAP backend.  I've narrowed it down to these from portage:
> 
> vsftpd
> pure-ftpd
> proftpd
> 
> Can anyone recommend one over the other?
> 

Quoting www.kernel.org

|May 26, 2004: vsftpd is now serving ftp... We should have done this
| sooner...

;)
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[radu herinean]

quoting myself: " pure-ftpd has plenty of other features you might not need 
but still find usefull for the feature: virtual users, authentication 
against mysql, secure login in various modes, etc, etc" :)

i guess it comes between these two, you should read more in the forums and 
decide for yourself based on YOUR needs.

i am running pure myself but i have no experience with others, as pure has 
served me very well so far.

good luck

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From: "Bastian Balthazar Bux" <BastianBalthazarBux@pnpitalia.it>
To: <gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:43 PM
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] ftp server recommendations


> Covington, Chris wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm looking for a secure, fast FTP server to authenticate against an
>> LDAP backend.  I've narrowed it down to these from portage:
>>
>> vsftpd
>> pure-ftpd
>> proftpd
>>
>> Can anyone recommend one over the other?
>>
>
> Quoting www.kernel.org
>
> |May 26, 2004: vsftpd is now serving ftp... We should have done this
> | sooner...
>
> ;)
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[david]

radu herinean wrote:

> quoting myself: " pure-ftpd has plenty of other features you might not 
> need but still find usefull for the feature: virtual users, 
> authentication against mysql, secure login in various modes, etc, etc" :)
>
> i guess it comes between these two, you should read more in the forums 
> and decide for yourself based on YOUR needs.
>
> i am running pure myself but i have no experience with others, as pure 
> has served me very well so far.
>
> good luck
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bastian Balthazar Bux" 
> <BastianBalthazarBux@pnpitalia.it>
> To: <gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] ftp server recommendations
>
>
>> Covington, Chris wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I'm looking for a secure, fast FTP server to authenticate against an
>>> LDAP backend.  I've narrowed it down to these from portage:
>>>
>>> vsftpd
>>> pure-ftpd
>>> proftpd
>>>
>>> Can anyone recommend one over the other?
>>>
>>
>> Quoting www.kernel.org
>>
>> |May 26, 2004: vsftpd is now serving ftp... We should have done this
>> | sooner...
>>
>> ;)
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>>
>
Another vote for pure.
http://www.pureftpd.org/
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Re: [gentoo-server] ftp server recommendations

[Meder Bakirov]

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On Thursday 18 August 2005 01:11, Covington, Chris wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm looking for a secure, fast FTP server to authenticate against an
> LDAP backend.  I've narrowed it down to these from portage:
>
> vsftpd
> pure-ftpd
> proftpd
>
> Can anyone recommend one over the other?

Personally I prefer vsftpd for anonymous FTP serving, and pure-ftpd for FTP 
serving, where user authentication service needed.

So,

vsftpd - anonymous FTP server;
pure-ftpd - FTP server, which serves users;

>
> thanks
> ---
> Chris Covington
> IT
> Plus One Health Management
> 75 Maiden Lane Suite 801
> NY, NY 10038
> 646-312-6269
> http://www.plusoneactive.com

-- 
Best rgrds,
.coder

My Intellect is The Power! (c) The Prodigy

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Re: [gentoo-server] ftp server recommendations

[A. Khattri]

On Wed, 17 Aug 2005, Ian P. Christian wrote:

> On Wednesday 17 August 2005 20:11, Covington, Chris wrote:
> > pure-ftpd
> > proftpd
> >
> > Can anyone recommend one over the other?
>
> I've recently moved from proftpd to pure-ftpd, because pure-ftpd offers a
> virtual chroot feature, which I find very useful.

Not sure what you mean, but Im using proftpd, authenticating out of a
MySQL database and I have it set to jail users in their home dirs (they
can't move up, only down).

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Re: [gentoo-server] ftp server recommendations

[Ian P. Christian]

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On Thursday 18 August 2005 14:35, A. Khattri wrote:
> Not sure what you mean, but Im using proftpd, authenticating out of a
> MySQL database and I have it set to jail users in their home dirs (they
> can't move up, only down).

Yes, but if you have symlinked something like
~user/sites/<site> to /var/www/<site> then they can't access it.
In pureftpd, whist they won't be able to access ~user/.. , they can follow the 
symlink out.  Proftpd cannot do this.

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Re: [gentoo-server] ftp server recommendations

[A. Khattri]

On Wed, 24 Aug 2005, Ian P. Christian wrote:

> On Thursday 18 August 2005 14:35, A. Khattri wrote:
> > Not sure what you mean, but Im using proftpd, authenticating out of a
> > MySQL database and I have it set to jail users in their home dirs (they
> > can't move up, only down).
>
> Yes, but if you have symlinked something like
> ~user/sites/<site> to /var/www/<site> then they can't access it.
> In pureftpd, whist they won't be able to access ~user/.. , they can follow the
> symlink out.  Proftpd cannot do this.

All the sites on my web server are under /home so I dont need any
symlinks.


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