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07-21-2003, 06:17 PM
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LQ Newbie
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What os on big ftp?
Whats os is the best one for a big ftp server? It should be very stable and minimum updates/reboots.
Also kind of linux vs bsd ?
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07-21-2003, 06:30 PM
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Registered: Dec 2001
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Distribution: *NIX
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any whistle-free distro will do, you can even have Mandrake runnng as your base, just don't clutter it with unnecessary stuff like pretty GUI, development tools, etc.
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07-21-2003, 06:36 PM
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Registered: Jul 2003
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I need a os what can run really good under pressure and will be very secure and FTP should be very conf'able.
Thanks.
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07-21-2003, 06:48 PM
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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: miami florida
Distribution: slackware 9.0
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freebsd is good for that
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07-21-2003, 07:20 PM
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I don't think the *nix distro choice will have nearly as much of an impact as the ftp prog you pick and your ability to config it (and your os, whatever you may choose)
That's probably not what you are wanting to hear, but it's just my opinion.
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07-21-2003, 07:28 PM
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Registered: Feb 2003
Location: The City by the Bay
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Openbsd has the most secure default install. Based on the questions you are asking, and assuming you don't have the time to dig too deep into host security, that would be my recommendation.
Any *nix OS can be secured.
Learn chroot and do not allow anonymous-writable ftp. That's a good start.
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07-21-2003, 07:33 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jul 2003
Posts: 9
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Is FreeBSD secure? does it handle lots of users? Any good and really conf'able ftp progs for freebsd ?
Thanks for all helpers 
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07-21-2003, 11:16 PM
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Registered: Jul 2003
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for security reason you should use sftp. It work very good on linux (RedHat) I dont know about bsd
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07-22-2003, 01:17 AM
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I think I will go with freebsd. People are talking that It's very good for a ftp os, It can handle the pressure and more reliable than any linux o_0
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07-22-2003, 10:55 AM
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youve been talkin to freebsd users havent you lol
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07-22-2003, 12:14 PM
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lol. I think maby I have. :P
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07-22-2003, 12:31 PM
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---origional---
I think I will go with freebsd. People are talking that It's very good for a ftp os, It can handle the pressure and <b>more reliable than any linux</b> o_0
---message---
the bold part is usually what freebsd addicts say lol
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07-22-2003, 01:06 PM
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Registered: Jun 2003
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another vote for FBSD
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07-22-2003, 01:43 PM
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Registered: Sep 2002
Location: Nashville, TN
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Quote:
Originally posted by evy
for security reason you should use sftp. It work very good on linux (RedHat) I dont know about bsd
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sftp may or may not be needed here. We don't really have enough details, only that it's going to be a heavily loaded server. If it's just going to be a public assess server, then then server just needs to be stable and must survive buffer overflow attacks and such. If the data needs to be protected from prying eyes, then use sftp. Otherwise the overhead is just not worth it.
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07-22-2003, 02:24 PM
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Registered: Jul 2003
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Its not public ftp. Private and somehow i need to conf it that one account per computer. I mean if I make a account for "Mark" then he can only access the ftp only from his computer not "Matt's" or anobody elses.
Some pole sayd that pure ftp is a good choise.
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