From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 15:16:03 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 15:15:45 -0500 Received: from neon-gw.transmeta.com ([209.10.217.66]:39951 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 15:15:38 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: Is sendfile all that sexy? Date: 15 Jan 2001 12:15:08 -0800 Organization: Transmeta Corporation, Santa Clara CA Message-ID: <93vloc$keg$1@cesium.transmeta.com> In-Reply-To: <3A622C25.766F3BCE@pobox.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Disclaimer: Not speaking for Transmeta in any way, shape, or form. Copyright: Copyright 2001 H. Peter Anvin - All Rights Reserved Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Followup to: <3A622C25.766F3BCE@pobox.com> By author: J Sloan 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 -- at work, in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot." http://www.zytor.com/~hpa/puzzle.txt - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/