RE: [fw-wiz] OT: FTP Servers

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

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    To: Gwendolynn ferch Elydyr <gwen@reptiles.org>
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 17:59:18 -0400 (EDT)

    On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, Gwendolynn ferch Elydyr wrote:

    > Slightly off topic from this (which is already quite clearly off topic,
    > and I am making an attempt to drag it back towards firewall-wizards), I'd
    > be curious to know what steps the average member of the list takes to
    > evaluate any given piece of hardware or software.

    For software, I use history of the package, history of the author/company,
    feature set, code size, code quality, and peer feedback to narrow down to
    "what I sould test."

    "Peer feedback" (other than the opportunity to once again flog the dead
    horse) was the reason for allowing this through- getting a sanity check on
    "What *would* I use if I *had* to do that?" from time to time is a good
    thing. That's not to say it's a good thing to do often.

    Obviously, there are still people who think WU FTPD is a good thing, and
    that should be fixed.

    Paul
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