Michael Garabedian wrote:
...I am setting up a linux machine to do ftp and was wondering if there was a secure way to set this up so it is not hacked. I used a Windows machine and it took someone two days to hack it. Any ideas...
FTP is mostly insecure ... ftp sucks at all ;) but if you need it: choose and ftpd who has only features you need. check out the suse version of wu-ftpd, it was reviewed by the suse staff. if wu-ftpd doesn't fit for you, take alook to other servers. Check lists like this one for bad news about the ftpd you want to use. keep your system up-to-date, close all services you don't need, install sec-check scripts from marc heuse (http://www.suse.de /~marc or on the cd's), try harden_suse also. Your system will never be 'secure' but you can try to best to keep it secure as possible. -- intraDAT AG http://www.intradat.com Wilhelm-Leuschner-Strasse 7 Tel: +49 69-25629-0 D - 60329 Frankfurt am Main Fax: +49 69-25629-256 Junk mail is war. RFCs do not apply.