[GLLUG] Linux and ATTBI Question

[Brad Fears]

If I'm understanding correctly, it sounds like you just need a
sophisticated FTP package that can do its own filtering by host/ip.

Check out PureFTPd.  http://www.pureftpd.org/

ProFTPd might do it too.  http://www.proftpd.org/

--Brad Fears

On Sat, 2002-09-28 at 09:39, David Lee Lambert wrote:
> On 27 Sep 2002, Brad Fears wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> > 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. :)
> 
> Well,  I know I can do this,  but I want something a little more involved.
> I'd like for someone who tries to connect to get this message:
> 
> 220 ramoth FTP server ready
> 220-FTP from remote hosts is deprecated.  See our wesite for details.
> 
> and then be able to log in as 'anonymous' and download the 'wget' source
> code and a couple of SSH tools.  I'm running SAMBA,  but I actually have
> an XT that can only do telnet and FTP,  nothing else.
> 
> It seems like I might be able to do something with ipfwadm (I'm running a
> 2.0 kernel)... should it be possible to run an FTP server that acts
> differently on a diferent port?
> 
> -- 
> DLL
> http://www.cse.msu.edu/~lamber45/
>