[1263] in linux-security and linux-alert archive
Re: [linux-security] safe ftpd's
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Cox)
Thu Oct 24 20:08:37 1996
From: Alan Cox <alan@cymru.net>
To: shmoe@snip.net (Shmoe)
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 18:37:59 +0100 (BST)
Cc: rwl@gymnet.com.net, linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.961019172509.226C-100000@epsilon.quadrant.org> from "Shmoe" at Oct 19, 96 05:25:36 pm
> > is there a known safe ftpd for linux?
>
> most of the wu-ftpd problems are from people not running the current ver..
> get beta 11 (12 could be out.. not sure) from ftp.academ.com
Nope. wu-ftpd has the buggy realpath (remember mount). Also if combined with
generic gnu tar the results are disaster ( --rsh-command is a great option)
Alan
