opinions on replacing vsftpd with proftpd?

[Rui Miguel Seabra]

On Sun, 2004-06-20 at 11:44 -0600, Aly Dharshi wrote:
> > FTP is in the same class as TELNET... obsolete, redundant, less secure,
> > etc... :)
> 	
> 	I think that with ftp+ssl it would be slightly more secure that it used 
> to be, aka plain text. I would think that any security site conscious 
> site would want to use ssh based stuff, but for a plain transfer of 
> files such as iso's or putting stuff up on a site ftp+ssl combo would do 
> the trick.

FTP+ssl is just as bad. One of the problems is the way the client talks
with the server, and not just the authentication.

> 	There are many ftp clients out there, many free, but very few scp/sftp 
> clients.

sftp is much better in terms of auth, but much slower than simple HTTP
for data transfer.

Rui
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