pfS ftp-proxy binding to 127.0.0.1

Jeremie Le Hen jeremie at le-hen.org
Wed Dec 22 22:05:15 PST 2004


On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 02:55:07AM +0100, Didier Wiroth wrote:
> HI,
> I'm still trying openbsd and freebsd.
> 
> I'm setting a pppoe router , using pf and ftp-proxy.
> On openbsd you can bind ftp-proxy to the localhost address, openbsd's
> ftp-proxy only listens to 127.0.0.1 like this:
> 127.0.0.1:8021
> 
> On freebsd it listens on all ip addresses, here is the result of sockstat:
> root     inetd      750   4  tcp4   *:8021                *:*
> 
>  I do understand that I can explicitly add a pf rule to deny or  allow
> access to the proxy but to enforce security  is it possible to bind
> ftp-proxy so that it only listens to the localhost.

This may be a bit off-topic, but you may want to have a look at a new
FTP proxy for pf(4): pftpx
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=110129991118018&w=2

Regards,
-- 
Jeremie Le Hen
jeremie at le-hen.org


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