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[general-l] any activity? mailing list archives? {03}

Greg Lyons
Tue, 12 Aug 2003 04:07:28 +0200

Um, never mind about the 1.1.6 beta.  Use 1.2.0 instead!  (Thanks Andreas!)


On Monday 11 August 2003 20:45, you wrote:
> In terms of security, ftp.proxy seems to be pretty decent.  The I/O is
> somewhat isolated, so things like buffer overflows should come up much less
> frequently than some other software I've looked into.  In practice, I've
> been running ftp.proxy as an outbound-only proxy at my company (40,000+
> employees) for over a year with no incidents.
>
> The consensus among the group seems to be to use the 1.1.6 beta.  It's
> fairly stable code (it is, as you observed, a slow-moving project).  Mostly
> bugfixes in the beta, not a lot of new functionality.
>
> The list may not be "active", but certainly not dead.  "Slow-moving" maybe.
> Fits the project.  :-)
>
> On Thursday 07 August 2003 10:46, you wrote:
> > I've just gotten interested in this project, and was wondering if there
> > are archives for the two mailing lists, so I don't ask things that were
> > recently discussed.
> >
> > Since I'm trying to get my company to start using this proxy, questions
> > are coming up about security.  Anyone have any opinions or references as
> > to how "secure" it might be?
> >
> > I made changes so 1.1.5 compiles on Solaris, though I'm curious what
> > features I should wait for in 1.1.6 (or just use the beta?)
> >
> > Just wondering if this is an active list.  It seems like a slow-moving
> > project, at least.  (but how much does an FTP proxy really have to do,
> > after all?)
> >
> >                     philipp hanes
> >
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