security flaws in proftpd/wuftpd ?

1999-10-17 Thread aphro
i find it very suprising that there is not even a peep from debian developers about the massive security holes in proftpd and the minor ones in wu.ftpd ..virtually all the other distros announced. even if there is not a good fix people should be made aware not everyone watches bugtraq. unless

RE: security flaws in proftpd/wuftpd ?

1999-10-17 Thread Bryan Scaringe
Actually, .t has been mentioned in Debian Weekly News. Proftpd seems like it was designed with security in mind, much more so than wu-ftpd. Do you remember the date of that post that discussed the design flaws? I'd like to read it. proftpd just switched primary developers. As such, it's

RE: security flaws in proftpd/wuftpd ?

1999-10-17 Thread aphro
i dont have the date of the post..i rm my mail weekly ..didnt know about the weekly news thing i knew it existed but never read it yet.. i did/do check freshmeat/linuxtoday/linuxweeklynews/bugtraq/(others?) regularly and never saw a mention. nate