On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 11:45:08AM +1100, Richard Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] > > Just out of curiosity (and ignorance) - is there a specific reason for using > > proftp and not wu-ftp? > > Flexibility and security. There are no good FTP servers, but proftpd is > less bad than wu-ftpd. FTP is such an incredibly bad protocol that it is > _very_ hard to implement properly.
Not to berate you Gordon, :), but what would you say was/is the major flaw in either the ftp protocol and/or the wu-ftp implementation? Cheers, Richard. -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
