From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Is sendfile all that sexy?
Date: 15 Jan 2001 12:15:08 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <93vloc$keg$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10101141436010.4613-100000@penguin.transmeta.com> <3A622C25.766F3BCE@pobox.com>
Followup to: <3A622C25.766F3BCE@pobox.com>
By author: J Sloan <jjs@pobox.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> > Of course, you may be right on wuftpd. It obviously wasn't designed with
> > security in mind, other alternatives may be better.
>
> I run proftpd on all my ftp servers - it's fast, configurable
> and can do all the tricks I need - even red hat seems to
> agree that proftpd is the way to go.
>
> Visit any red hat ftp site and they are running proftpd -
>
> So, why do they keep shipping us wu-ftpd instead?
>
> That really frosts me.
>
proftpd is not what you want for an FTP server whose main function is
*non-*anonymous access. It is very much written for the sole purpose
of being a great FTP server for a large anonymous FTP site. If you're
running a site large enough to matter, you can replace an RPM or two.
-hpa
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-01-15 20:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 130+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-01-14 18:29 Is sendfile all that sexy? jamal
2001-01-14 18:50 ` Ingo Molnar
2001-01-14 19:02 ` jamal
2001-01-14 19:09 ` Ingo Molnar
2001-01-14 19:18 ` jamal
2001-01-14 20:22 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-01-14 20:38 ` Ingo Molnar
2001-01-14 21:44 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-01-14 21:49 ` Ingo Molnar
2001-01-14 21:54 ` Gerhard Mack
2001-01-14 22:40 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-01-14 22:45 ` J Sloan
2001-01-15 20:15 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2001-01-15 3:43 ` Michael Peddemors
2001-01-15 13:02 ` Florian Weimer
2001-01-15 13:45 ` Tristan Greaves
2001-01-15 1:14 ` Dan Hollis
2001-01-15 15:24 ` Jonathan Thackray
2001-01-15 15:36 ` Matti Aarnio
2001-01-15 20:17 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-01-15 16:05 ` dean gaudet
2001-01-15 18:34 ` Jonathan Thackray
2001-01-15 18:46 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-01-15 20:47 ` [patch] sendpath() support, 2.4.0-test3/-ac9 Ingo Molnar
2001-01-16 4:51 ` dean gaudet
2001-01-16 4:59 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-01-16 9:48 ` 'native files', 'object fingerprints' [was: sendpath()] Ingo Molnar
2000-01-01 2:02 ` Pavel Machek
2001-01-16 11:13 ` Andi Kleen
2001-01-16 11:26 ` Ingo Molnar
2001-01-16 11:37 ` Andi Kleen
2001-01-16 12:04 ` O_ANY [was: Re: 'native files', 'object fingerprints' [was: sendpath()]] Ingo Molnar
2001-01-16 12:09 ` Ingo Molnar
2001-01-16 12:13 ` Peter Samuelson
2001-01-16 12:33 ` Ingo Molnar
2001-01-16 14:40 ` Felix von Leitner
2001-01-16 12:34 ` Andi Kleen
2001-01-16 13:00 ` Mitchell Blank Jr
2001-01-16 13:57 ` 'native files', 'object fingerprints' [was: sendpath()] Jamie Lokier
2001-01-16 14:27 ` Felix von Leitner
2001-01-16 17:47 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-01-17 4:39 ` dean gaudet
2001-01-16 9:19 ` [patch] sendpath() support, 2.4.0-test3/-ac9 Ingo Molnar
2001-01-17 0:03 ` dean gaudet
2001-01-15 18:58 ` Is sendfile all that sexy? dean gaudet
2001-01-15 19:41 ` Ingo Molnar
2001-01-15 20:33 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2001-01-15 21:00 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-01-16 10:40 ` Felix von Leitner
2001-01-16 11:56 ` Peter Samuelson
2001-01-16 12:37 ` Ingo Molnar
2001-01-16 12:42 ` Ingo Molnar
2001-01-16 12:47 ` Felix von Leitner
2001-01-16 13:48 ` Jamie Lokier
2001-01-16 14:20 ` Felix von Leitner
2001-01-16 15:05 ` David L. Parsley
2001-01-16 15:05 ` Jakub Jelinek
2001-01-16 15:46 ` David L. Parsley
2001-01-18 14:00 ` Laramie Leavitt
2001-01-17 19:27 ` dean gaudet
2001-01-24 0:58 ` Sasi Peter
2001-01-24 8:44 ` James Sutherland
2001-01-25 10:20 ` Anton Blanchard
2001-01-25 10:58 ` Sasi Peter
2001-01-26 6:10 ` Anton Blanchard
2001-01-26 11:46 ` David S. Miller
2001-01-26 14:12 ` Anton Blanchard
2001-01-15 23:16 ` Pavel Machek
2001-01-16 13:47 ` jamal
2001-01-16 14:41 ` Pavel Machek
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-01-16 13:50 Andries.Brouwer
2001-01-17 6:56 ` Ton Hospel
2001-01-17 7:31 ` Steve VanDevender
2001-01-17 8:09 ` Ton Hospel
2001-01-17 15:02 Ben Mansell
2000-01-01 2:10 ` Pavel Machek
2001-01-17 19:32 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-01-18 2:34 ` Olivier Galibert
2001-01-21 21:22 ` LA Walsh
2001-01-18 8:23 ` Rogier Wolff
2001-01-18 10:01 ` Andreas Dilger
2001-01-18 11:04 ` Russell Leighton
2001-01-18 16:36 ` Larry McVoy
2001-01-19 1:53 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-01-18 16:24 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-01-18 18:46 ` Kai Henningsen
2001-01-18 18:58 ` Roman Zippel
2001-01-18 19:42 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-01-19 0:18 ` Roman Zippel
2001-01-19 1:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-01-19 6:57 ` Alan Cox
2001-01-19 10:13 ` Roman Zippel
2001-01-19 10:55 ` Andre Hedrick
2001-01-19 20:18 ` kuznet
2001-01-19 21:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-01-20 18:53 ` kuznet
2001-01-20 19:26 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-01-20 21:20 ` Roman Zippel
2001-01-21 0:25 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-01-21 2:03 ` Roman Zippel
2001-01-21 18:00 ` kuznet
2001-01-21 23:21 ` David Woodhouse
2001-01-20 15:36 ` Kai Henningsen
2001-01-20 21:01 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-01-20 21:10 ` Mo McKinlay
2001-01-20 22:24 ` Roman Zippel
2001-01-21 0:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-01-21 1:29 ` David Schwartz
2001-01-21 2:42 ` Roman Zippel
2001-01-21 9:52 ` James Sutherland
2001-01-21 10:02 ` Ingo Molnar
2001-01-22 9:52 ` Helge Hafting
2001-01-22 13:00 ` James Sutherland
2001-01-23 9:01 ` Helge Hafting
2001-01-23 9:37 ` James Sutherland
2001-01-18 19:51 ` Rick Jones
2001-01-18 12:17 ` Peter Samuelson
2001-01-22 18:13 ` Val Henson
2001-01-22 18:27 ` David Lang
2001-01-22 19:37 ` Val Henson
2001-01-22 20:01 ` David Lang
2001-01-22 22:04 ` Ion Badulescu
2001-01-22 18:54 ` Linus Torvalds
[not found] <Pine.LNX.4.10.10101190911130.10218-100000@penguin.transmeta.com>
2001-01-19 17:23 ` Rogier Wolff
2001-01-24 15:12 Sasi Peter
2001-01-24 15:29 ` James Sutherland
2001-01-25 1:11 ` Alan Cox
2001-01-25 9:06 ` James Sutherland
2001-01-25 10:42 ` bert hubert
2001-01-25 12:14 ` James Sutherland
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