Re: What is the most secure FTP server?
On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:56:32 -0600, Jason Hsu writes:
> I understand that regular FTP has inferior security due to the lack of
> encryption. So I'm looking for an alternative to use on my home
> server.
>
> What is your favorite alternative and why? Implicit FTPS? SFTP? FTP
> over SSH? Or something else?
vsftpd is just rocking, but if I were you, I'd stick with OpenSSH. I'd
create an "sftp" group for just FTP users, and jail SSH connections
coming from users in "sftp" group into their home directory. (See
here[1] for details.)
Regards.
[1] http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/opensource/chroot-users-with-openssh-an-easier-way-to-confine-users-to-their-home-directories/229
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