Using Alternative FTP Servers
Many alternative FTP server packages exist; the three most popular are Washington University’s WU-FTPD, the highly secure vsftpd, and the highly configurable ProFTPD. Both of these packages provide features that are not available in the default FTP server, including extremely flexible configurability and extra security measures.
WU-FTPD
Originally developed at Washington University to host the WUarchive (once one of the most popular file-sharing and distribution locations on the Internet), WU-FTPD has gained in popularity to become the most frequently used FTP server in the world, even though its development has stagnated in recent years and a number of serious security problems plague it. It was the default FTP ...
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