ftp set up

[Vizion]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Moran [mailto:wmoran at potentialtech.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 5:24 AM
> To: Vizion
> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: ftp set up
> 
> 
> Please wrap your lines around 72 characters.
> 
> In response to Vizion <vizion at vizion.occoxmail.com>:
> > 
> > I wonder if someone could point me to a reliable detailed 
> resource for
> > configuring an ftp server on freebsd 6.1 for both incoming 
> and outgoing
> > files (including anonymous ftp).
> > 
> > I do not want anonymous uploaders to view existing file names in
> > ftp/incoming or be able to download from incoming. I want 
> the server as
> > secure as is reasonably practicable. The notes in the 
> freebsd handbook are
> > not really comprehensive enough for me. 
> 
> Please don't do this.  Please don't even try.
> 
> -- 
Got yr point -- my guess is you did not use a process to shift files out of the the upload directory as soon as they arrived. That way they can be monitored and never downloaded. 
I think it is up to each administrator to solve the problems. If you happen to have an answer to my original question -- a reliable source of info about ftp configuration it would be useful. It is a long time since I ran an ftp server and I am rusty.
 
I ran a large number of ftp servers for a long time and suffered many hacking attempts but none succeeded on my watch. I agree it is not easy - but necessary
david