Re: [PLUG] ftp on Linode

[Chris Nehren <c.nehren/plug@shadowcat.co.uk>]

On Jun 8, 2011, at 20:15 , Douglas Muth wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Eric at Lucii.org <eric@lucii.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I /have/ to set up ftp on a linode server for a customer to transfer files.  To
>> prevent the inevitable script kiddie attacks I'd like to restrict ftp to a
>> single IP or an IP range.
>> 
> [snip]
> 
> People are *still* using FTP?  I'm astonished.

Better question: people are *STILL* using ProFTPD? I'm astonished.

(actually I'm not, but I digress)

Try Googling 'proftpd remote root' sometime (or any similar query) if you want to be convinced into trying something that's not equivalent to giving crackers a free shell host. Try e.g. vsftpd or pureftpd if your client insists on FTP.

-- 
Thanks and best regards,
Chris Nehren

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