Re: [cobalt-users] Changing proftpd.conf defaults

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jon Cooper wrote:

> I would like to change the default functionality of the anonymous FTP option
> on a RaQ4.
> I can change the /etc/proftpd.conf for a site manually to get what I want,
> but I would like to change the default behavior for the whole system.

You would?  Please tell us for which sites you've done this so we can
tell our friends there's a new place they can use for their warez and
mp3 files.

In other words you really don't want to do this; if you do your box will
be found and used by others to store and forward files you'd rather they
don't.

This is what Microsoft's IIS ftp server does by default, and it's why
you hear so much about Microsoft Anonymous ftp being so unsafe.

You should never allow read access from ftp/upload.  Not unless you want
to see your traffic off the charts and your server being blocked.

Jeff
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