Zak Kipling wrote: > On Thu, 24 May 2001, Andres Herrera wrote: > > > I've tried to exploit it by login and sending: > > ls ../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../ > > and suddenly it began eating memory and getting slow all the system. > ... > > Any solution?? > > Resource limits on the ftp server process?
Or a DenyFilter of \*.*/ as is recommended on the proftpd.org web site. http://www.proftpd.org/critbugs.html -- Jamie Heilman http://audible.transient.net/~jamie/ "...thats the metaphorical equivalent of flopping your wedding tackle into a lion's mouth and flicking his lovespuds with a wet towel, pure insanity..." -Rimmer