Re: ftp and security
On Sun, Mar 12, 2000 at 02:30:05PM -0700, Brett Fowlkes wrote:
> Coming into Linux is a little overwhelming, especially I think since I chose
> Debian. I am coming along ok I think but I have a few more questions. In
> the book I bought that is based on Debian 2.1 it says that wu-ftp-academ, or
> something very similar, controls all the ftp access but when I installed it,
> it said it had been replaced by netstd, which I installed but now I don't
> know how to configure my ftp server. I saw the file ftpusers, but this just
> limits who can't log on I think. I want to be able to set permessions and
> such.
Do "apt-get install proftpd" and it will configure a fairly secure
ftp server offering you the choice to have or not have anonymous
access.
>
> I've been trying to read about linux security but I am just overwhelmed with
> information and I'm not really sure where to start. I did d/l the Debian
> patches. I am going to setup a webserver. So where should I go from there?
>
add this line to /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://security.debian.org/ stable updates
Now run apt-get update followed by apt-get upgrade. There's all the
security patches applied. Do that once a month and you're secure in
terms of the software.
> Thanks,
>
> Brett
>
> oh yeah does anyone know a quick way to disable port 111?
>
>
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