Chris H. wrote:
Quoting Iantcho Vassilev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

My vote goes to PureFtpd..
It`s ideal server..

But is not *nearly* as secure as vsftpd.

Hi,

I'm curious - do you have any empirical evidence to support this?

A trawl of a few vulnerabilty databases would suggest your comment is not entirely accurate.

NVD NIST [1] shows 4 entries for vsftpd (latest 2005-12) , 1 for pureftpd (latest 2004-08)

SecurityFocus [2] shows 1 entry for vsftpd (latest 2004-05), 2 for pureftpd (latest 2004-07)

ISS X-Force [3] shows entries 3 for vsftpd (latest 2004-05), for 1 pureftpd (latest 2004-07)

Regards,

Jase.

[1] http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm
[2] http://www.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities
[3] http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/search.php

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