Charlie, That second item on your list is a virus or worm that was going around (probably still is) that named itself "serv-u". It had nothing to do with the "serv-u" server per se. The creator used "serv-u" because it was common enough to not raise red flags on some servers and even home pcs.
-mark -----Original Message----- From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 10:11 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: FTP Server the fact that it's popular with the hacker crowd? How about because i was running serv-u and one day i inexplicably had FTP accounts open on drives A-Z with read/write/execute/delete/procreate access to all (and oddly enough, i didn't create any of those accounts). How about one of the previous posters who mentioned finding a copy of Serv-U on their server even though they didn't install it? How is the fact that the hacker crowd seems to be able to manipulate just about any install of Serv-U to their will (regardless of whose machine it's on), not be a negative thing??? On 10/10/05, Ken Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd be very interested in hearing why exactly you seem to think that > this is a negative for Serv-U??? > > --Ferg > > Charlie Griefer wrote: > > >serv-U's also popular with the hacker crowd :) > > > >i've been running the filezilla server for a while now with no > >problems. caveat...i'm running it on my home machine and basically > >just use it for personal FTP. it's not under a business-type load. > > > >'free' didn't used to be a bad thing :) > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:220558 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
