[KLUG Members] Re: Wu-ftpd problems

[Bryan-TheBS-Smith]

Russell Yonkers wrote:
> Only question is how to do a secure (well fairly
> secure) anonymous ftp server session?  Would ProFTP
> work fairly well?

I'm not the person to ask since I don't use FTP.  Many people I know use
ProFTP or the commercial ncftpd (the server counterpart to the free
client).

Again, if you don't need them to have upload capability, then just put
your files under your web server.  That's what I do -- e.g.,
http://smithconcepts.com/files .

If you need upload capability, then there are several, anonymous HTTP
1.1 servers out there.  They give the user a little web page with an
"upload" button which launches their broswer/OS' file chooser.  In any
case, always run these programs as a non-root user -- preferrably on an
alternate port (above 1024, like 8080 or something).

Again, I don't like FTP because it often requires both the client and
server to open "privaledged" ports below 1024 after a connection is made
-- so it often requires the server to be running as root.

-- TheBS

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