Summary
You might think the proliferation of the World Wide Web would make FTP servers extinct; however, that is not the case. People are still deploying FTP sites in full force because of the ease with which they can be established and maintained. No cute HTML, no extra work—just put the file in the right place for downloading and let people get it.
The wealth of FTP clients and transfer tools available for Linux will make the job of transferring a large number of files between computers on a network a lot easier.
This chapter covered, in great detail, configuring the wu-ftpd server. The key points to remember when working with the FTP server are as follows:
Keep a good watch on security announcements related to FTP servers, especially the ...
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