[vox-tech] proftpd

[Foo Lim]

On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Brian Lavender wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 09:19:12PM -0700, Gabriel Rosa wrote:
>
> > Why not ssh/scp? :)
> 
> Here are four reasons.
> 
> Because scp uses encryption and therefore is slower. 
>
> Almost everyone has an ftp client. Even Win 95 has a Windows
> client built into it. I would say more people are familiar
> with ftp than ssh.
>
> Your system could still be vulnerable even with ssh. dsniff, ssl
> exploits...
> 
> You can configure a guest ftp and anonymous ftp, where the user
> only sees your chroot area of the system.

Man, this was posted in April, but anyway...

I just want to address the last reason.  In SSH 3.x, there is a way to
restrict a user to the user's home directory.  Follow this:
http://www.ssh.com/support/documentation/online/ssh/adminguide/32/Using_Chroot_Manager__ssh-chrootmgr_.html#indexdef-584
Basically, you use ssh-chrootmgr.  I haven't done it myself, but it
exists.  As for the other points: I doubt the overhead in encryption
outweighs the safety of encryption; practically everyone has an ftp
client, but they should now have a ssh/scp client; and the system is just
as vulnerable with an exploitable ssh or ftp server, but the communication
will be secure in the unexploited ssh environment.

My 2 cents.

> brian

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