[svlug] /etc/hosts.deny tcpd problems

[Rick Moen]

begin  Dagmar d'Surreal quotation:

> Yup.  That's why I said I've just flatly given up on trying to run an
> ftpd.

Writing off all 28 ftp daemons for Linux, just because the two most
bloated and squirrely ones have horrid security histories, seems a
trifle hasty.  May I direct your attention to:

http://linuxmafia.com/pub/linux/security/ftp-daemons
Note in particular Pure-ftpd, vs-ftpd, and oftpd.

> Anything I need to distro to users without authentication just gets
> chucked into the web server's domain.

What you lose by not offering also a good, fast, secure, anonymous-only
ftpd was discussed to death on this list, before you joined.  (I'm loathe
to repeat it.)  Not a big deal, but enough that I run oftpd alongside
my Web server.

> By the way, your sig sounds a lot like something that would happen in  
> EverQuest.  ;)

Doesn't it just?

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Rick Moen                            but my duties are largely ceremonial.
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