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Subject: Re: Unix networking question

Author: Jon Dart

Date: 07:55:17 01/05/01

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If you're not going to run a public ftp server, consider using
ssh and disabling both ftp and telnet. See http://www.openssh.com.
ssh can handle both remote login and remote copy and is way more
secure than ftp or telnet. It is especially recommended if you
need these services on a firewall or other machine with a direct
net connection.

--Jon

On January 04, 2001 at 18:02:56, Ed Panek wrote:

>hello,
>  I just installed my Unix box at home to do proxy serving, however I noticed
>something weird...
> I can't connect to another computer in my network at home using ftp. It just
>works with telnet.
>
> I have this line in /etc/inetd.conf
> ftp    stream  tcp    nowait  root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  in.ftpd -l -a
>
> But "unfortunately" there is no in.ftpd in /etc/sbin just in.telnetd,
>in.rlogind and so on ....
>
> How can I "add" in.ftpd there??
> If that's the ftp server - how can I start it ??
> Sorry for these questions but I'm new to networking .....
>
>  Also as a side question... How does unix encrypt users passwords? What's
>"salt" sequence? How does unix use Des algorithm?
> thanks a lot!!!
>
>   Ed



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