Re: ftp slow w/ proftpd# Samba fast

vsftpd simply rocks. Even wu-ftpd works fast. That proftpd seems to be a
piece of sh*t!

Security is one thing. Annoying users is another. What good is it to have a
super secure system when my users spend hours to download or upload files?
I'm pretty sure vsftpd can be configure or patched.

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Peter "Excalibur"

On 7/30/07, Tony Nelson <tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

At 8:31 PM +1000 7/30/07, David Timms wrote:
Excalibur Xcalibur wrote:
Even after this:

UseReverseDNS off
IdentLookups off


in /etc/proftpd.conf

it still sucks! I've never seen such a sluggish ftp server.
Perhaps you would like to try vsftpd. I have not had such problems with
it.

One complaint I have against vsftpd (and most ftp servers) is that they
allow unlimited password cracking attempts. Proftpd can be configured to
limit the attempts per connection. I have set ours to 1 attempt and
protect ftp with the same iptables recent module rules that protect ssh.
As ftp (and sometimes ssh) often have many file transfers in a row, each
in
separate connections, I use pam_recent to clean the recent module's list.

On our server proftpd is fast.
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