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Authored by: giorgiosca on Jan 07, '04 06:05:49PM

The built-in ftp server is very slow. I prefer PureFTPd, http://jeanmatthieu.free.fr/pureftpd/
Free, easy to install, virtual users, etc....



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Authored by: ronaldo1 on Jan 09, '04 05:38:56PM

FTP is very INSECURE, use SSH/SFTP.



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Authored by: Jean-Matthieu on Jan 22, '04 07:53:42PM

Note that you can encrypt the control channel using SSL/TLS mechanisms, but the data channel will remain 'clear'. This will protect user passwords for what it's worth.
It would be nice if cool softwares like Transmit were compatible with SSL-oriented FTP servers (lftp is, if I remember correctely)



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Authored by: Jean-Matthieu on Feb 12, '04 05:38:00PM

A look at RFC 2228 (FTP security extensions) revealed that there were 4 data channel protection's levels.



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