[GLLUG] Linux and ATTBI Question

[Brad Fears]

Doesn't your router have a built-in firewall?  If so, just block off
access to ftp from the outside->in.  If not, get a better router.  A
linux machine works nicely. :)

--Brad Fears

On Fri, 2002-09-27 at 21:00, David Lee Lambert wrote:
<snip> 
> This leads to a question.  I'd like to allow FTP from the local network.
> I don't want to allow FTP from systems not on the local network;  first,
> it's insecure;  second, it's a real pain to configure;  third, it's not
> clear that it even works through the firewall.  I can make any files I
> want to available by HTTP,  and people with accounts can use SCP to copy
> files on and off the system.
> 
> Is there any way to have the FTP program give an informative error-message
> to people who try to connect from foreign networks,  while still allowing
> full access for users from the local net?
> 
> -- 
> DLL
> http://www.cse.msu.edu/~lamber45/
> 
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