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Setting Up ProFTPd + TLS On Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) 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 an Ubuntu 10.04 server.
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Following this guide means to installs proftpd 1.3.2c, at the moment... I know some server admins, which got first problems by using this version. "The ProFTPD Project team has released 1.3.3c to the community. This is an important security release, containing fixes for a Telnet IAC handling vulnerability and a directory traversal vulnerability in the mod_site_misc module. The RELEASE_NOTES and NEWS files contain the full details." See proftpd.org regards
Hi There!
Thank you for this amazing guide! The only problem I have is the following: When I enter:
"vi /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf"
I am unable to type anything as my keyboard looks like changed! (e.g. when I hit "L" correspond to the up arrow and the arrows are "D, F, E, R"!) I can't modify anything!
Can someone help me on this?
Thanks in advance to all!
Francesco
For those having problems seeing symlinks in your home directory in your FTP client (like FileZilla) after enabling the DefaultRoot option, please refer to this ProFTPd FAQ article. It explains on how to fix it.