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How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Debian Squeeze

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:11:11 +0200

How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Debian Squeeze

This tutorial explains how you can integrate ClamAV into PureFTPd for virus scanning on a Debian Squeeze system. In the end, whenever a file gets uploaded through PureFTPd, ClamAV will check the file and delete it if it is malware.

How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On CentOS 6.2

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:27:04 +0200

How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On CentOS 6.2

This tutorial explains how you can integrate ClamAV into PureFTPd for virus scanning on a CentOS 6.2 system. In the end, whenever a file gets uploaded through PureFTPd, ClamAV will check the file and delete it if it is malware.

How To Configure PureFTPd To Accept TLS Sessions On CentOS 6.2

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:46:50 +0100

How To Configure PureFTPd To Accept TLS Sessions On CentOS 6.2

FTP is a very insecure protocol because all passwords and all data are transferred in clear text. By using TLS, the whole communication can be encrypted, thus making FTP much more secure. This article explains how to configure PureFTPd to accept TLS sessions on a CentOS 6.2 server.

Virtual Hosting With PureFTPd And MySQL (Incl. Quota And Bandwidth Management) On CentOS 6.2

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:58:41 +0100

Virtual Hosting With PureFTPd And MySQL (Incl. Quota And Bandwidth Management) On CentOS 6.2

This document describes how to install a PureFTPd server that uses virtual users from a MySQL database instead of real system users. This is much more performant and allows to have thousands of ftp users on a single machine. In addition to that I will show the use of quota and upload/download bandwidth limits with this setup. Passwords will be stored encrypted as MD5 strings in the database. This tutorial is based on CentOS 6.2.

Virtual Hosting With Proftpd And MySQL (Incl. Quota) For Arch Linux

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:14:45 +0100

Virtual Hosting With Proftpd And MySQL (Incl. Quota) For Arch Linux

This document describes how to install a Proftpd server that uses virtual users from a MySQL database instead of real system users. This is much more performant and allows to have thousands of ftp users on a single machine. In addition to that I will show the use of quota with this setup. This tutorial is based on Arch Linux.

Setting Up ProFTPd + TLS On Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:21:07 +0100

Setting Up ProFTPd + TLS On Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)

vsftpd: Local And Virtual Users With Bash Scripts For User Maintainance (CentOS 6.0)

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:18:19 +0100

vsftpd: Local And Virtual Users With Bash Scripts For User Maintainance (CentOS 6.0)

vsftpd is the most popular FTP server in the Linux world and is secure and fast. Recently I had to configure a FTP server quickly onto a CentOS server setup built using the minimal ISO and the server was up and running in a snap.

Setting Up ProFTPd + TLS On Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 20:37:15 +0200

Setting Up ProFTPd + TLS On Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)

Setting Up ProFTPd + TLS On Debian Squeeze

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:08:47 +0200

Setting Up ProFTPd + TLS On Debian Squeeze

FTP is a very insecure protocol because all passwords and all data are transferred in clear text. By using TLS, the whole communication can be encrypted, thus making FTP much more secure. This article explains how to set up ProFTPd with TLS on a Debian Squeeze server.

ISPConfig 3 ProFTPd For Debian

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:53:38 +0200

ISPConfig 3 ProFTPd For Debian

This is a simple tutorial to configure ISPConfig to work with ProFTPd instead of PureFTPd on Debian. Please note that this tutorial does not include quota support.

How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Fedora 14

Fri, 13 May 2011 14:12:59 +0200

How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Fedora 14

This tutorial explains how you can integrate ClamAV into PureFTPd for virus scanning on a Fedora 14 system. In the end, whenever a file gets uploaded through PureFTPd, ClamAV will check the file and delete it if it is malware.

How To Configure PureFTPd To Accept TLS Sessions On Fedora 14

Fri, 06 May 2011 16:32:09 +0200

How To Configure PureFTPd To Accept TLS Sessions On Fedora 14

How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Ubuntu 10.10

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:39:02 +0200

How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Ubuntu 10.10

This tutorial explains how you can integrate ClamAV into PureFTPd for virus scanning on an Ubuntu 10.10 system. In the end, whenever a file gets uploaded through PureFTPd, ClamAV will check the file and delete it if it is malware.

Ubuntu 10.10 LAN Torrent Seedbox With Avalanche-rt, Lighttpd, Rtorrent, Vsftpd And Samba

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:57:05 +0200

Ubuntu 10.10 LAN Torrent Seedbox With Avalanche-rt, Lighttpd, Rtorrent, Vsftpd And Samba

This tutorial is based on a LAN setup, but it should also be applicable for an Internet seedbox (e.g. on a vps or rootds), but some additional steps may need to be performed (firewall, securing rpc-mount, generally hardening of the server). The best lightweight software combination for a seedbox is lighttpd with rtorrent/libtorrent and a nifty web interface. So we use avalanche-rt, an actively developed project which looks very promising.

How To Configure PureFTPd To Accept TLS Sessions On CentOS 5.5

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:53:30 +0200

How To Configure PureFTPd To Accept TLS Sessions On CentOS 5.5