In particular, creating a chrooted ftp site involves both creating a working chrooted environment and then ensuring that your ftp server enforces the restrictions.

Two security vulnerabilities have been found in the WU-FTPD program used in many Unix and Linux servers, according to the CERT Coordinating Center, which recommends the use of patches to prevent ...

Originally, this article was stored on a minimalistic web site. I, along with the thousands of users who use that site, use FTP to maintain the content. This used to mean that after making changes to ...

It also allows you to restrict which FTP commands are executed by FTP clients. This month I explain how to run SuSE's free (and non-SuSE-Linux-specific) Proxy-Suite FTP proxy on your Linux firewall, ...

SFTP encrypts both the data being transferred, and the commands used to perform the transfer, providing a higher level of security compared to traditional FTP (File Transfer Protocol).