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Perl Net::FTP
With Net::FTP, you have total control. You know when there are errors, timeouts, whatever. It's not at all difficult: anyone with basic scripting skills can understand and use this.
ProFTPd, wu-ftpd, and general ftp security FTP in general has a long and sad history of security problems. If you need to run an ftp server, you need to keep careful track of vulnerabilites and exploits that may make for a very unhappy day. Things have gotten better in recent years, but just as I started this article I checked the wu-ftpd site and found a fairly recent problem noted, and an even more recent problem discussed at proftpd.org . Makes you want to forget ftp entirely, doesn't it?
ProFTPd, wu-ftpd, and general ftp security FTP in general has a long and sad history of security problems. If you need to run an ftp server, you need to keep careful track of vulnerabilites and exploits that may make for a very unhappy day. Things have gotten better in recent years, but just as I started this article I checked the wu-ftpd site and found a fairly recent problem noted, and an even more recent problem discussed at proftpd.org . Makes you want to forget ftp entirely, doesn't it?
| Title | Date | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| ProFTPd, wu-ftpd, and general ftp security | 2004 12 | |
| sftpd: Tech Words the Day | 2004 11 | |
| tftp: Tech Words the Day | 2004 09 | |
| FTP through a proxy (netrc) | 2004 03 | 2009/10/07 20:09 TonyLawrence |
| Brian White's FTP stash | 2004 01 | |
| Perl Net::FTP | 2003 09 | 2009/10/12 19:45 TonyLawrence |
| Telnet/FTP is very slow to connect | 1997-2003 | |
