Re: [fw-wiz] OT: FTP Servers

From: Paul Robertson (proberts_at_patriot.net)
Date: 06/06/03

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    To: John Smith <john.smith@minolta-qms.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 16:23:07 -0400 (EDT)

    On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, John Smith wrote:

    [Because FTP is one of my favorite dead horses...]

    > My question is this: Is WU-FTPD still a good FTP server to use? The

    WU has *never* been a good server to use.

    > If WU-FTPD is not a good FTP server to use or there are better (i.e.
    > - more secure) servers out there, what would you suggest? The needs for
    > the site are anonymous FTP, potentially some 'real' FTP users, and up to
    > 500 simultaneous FTP connections. And of course the FTP server should
    > be free. :-)

    _Try_ *really* hard to use an HTTP server, FTP is a horrible protocol. If
    you can't do that, vsftpd or something like that's bound to be better than
    WU (which sits near the top of my "Historically broken software" list.)

    Paul
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