Re: What is the most secure FTP server?
On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:20:26 -0500
shawn wilson <ag4ve.us@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 10, 2011 12:27 PM, <peasthope@shaw.ca> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Jason,
> >
> > From: Jason Hsu <jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com>
> > Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:56:32 -0600
> > > What is your favorite alternative and why? Implicit FTPS? SFTP? FTP
> over SSH? Or something else?
> >
> > Another possibility is to firewall your LAN and use an ftp
> > with satisfactory features. You will find that plain FTP
> > and telnet are faster than any SSH. Significant if you use
> > the connections several times a day. Of course, if the
> > connection is rarely used, responsiveness is no concern.
> >
> >
>
> Ok, my gut tells me that plain text protocols might be faster than encrypted
> ones. However, I have no data to back this up and have never noticed
> 'significant' differences between rsync and rsync+ssh. Do you have this
> benchmark or are you just going by gut reaction too?
Quick question for those of us running anonymous ftp:
Is it possible to configure vsftpd to allow unencrypted anonymous sessions, but require encryption for all user sessions? I've looked at the configuration but all of the encryption settings seem to be global (no configuration on a per-user/group basis).
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rbmj
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