[broken quoting fixed]
Kory Hamzeh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> > I've had a bit of experience with this sort of thing and I have
> > to say that
> > nobody should be running an open FTP server that allows uploading
> > to anyone
> > unless they are willing to take the time to monitor it - and I mean every
> > day, preferably several times a day.
> > [...]
>
> Yup, I had some jerk constantly fill up the filesystem of the ftp directory
> until I finally disabled all uploads. The ethics of some people just amazes
> me.
If you absolutely need to have an anonymous upload directory,
it is probably a good idea to disable ls and read-permission
in that directory. That way people can upload things, but
they can neither list nor download them without prior operator
intervention.
Regards
Oliver
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