I want to instal a secure ftp server

2010-03-12 Thread Leslie Jensen
I need to have ftp access to a machine. I've found pure-ftpd but it was last updated 2007/02/03. I'm aware that it can function very well despite that, but I would like the lists suggestion on what to choose to make ftp access as secure as possible. It will be mainly windows clients

Re: I want to instal a secure ftp server

2010-03-12 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, I need to have ftp access to a machine. I've found pure-ftpd but it was Hummm, you want the short answer? Don't enable ftp :) Ftp only accepts plain text passwords (until you enable things like kerebos, one time password, etc), so it is not, it cannot be, secure. SFTP is there, working

Re: I want to instal a secure ftp server

2010-03-12 Thread krad
On 12 March 2010 08:27, Olivier Nicole olivier.nic...@cs.ait.ac.th wrote: Hi, I need to have ftp access to a machine. I've found pure-ftpd but it was Hummm, you want the short answer? Don't enable ftp :) Ftp only accepts plain text passwords (until you enable things like kerebos, one

Re: I want to instal a secure ftp server

2010-03-12 Thread Leslie Jensen
krad skrev 2010-03-12 11:07: enable sftp in ssh and chroot all the users and make the sftp only accounts I wrote this guide for work a year or so ago. It was for solaris but it was using openssh so should work fine on bsd 1. Dont bother with sun ssh it wont work. Opensolaris and later

Re: I want to instal a secure ftp server

2010-03-12 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/03/2010 10:37:08, Leslie Jensen wrote: Will Windows users be able to use an ftp client to connect? I've never implemented ssh with ftp before so I want to clarify for my understanding. No, they'll need a SSH/SFTP client to be able to connect.

Re: I want to instal a secure ftp server

2010-03-12 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Mar 12), Matthew Seaman said: On 12/03/2010 10:37:08, Leslie Jensen wrote: Will Windows users be able to use an ftp client to connect? I've never implemented ssh with ftp before so I want to clarify for my understanding. No, they'll need a SSH/SFTP client to be able