> > (another in an ongoing list of things i just want to clarify for the > sake of future courses taught on centos.) > > from this RHEL doc page: > > http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Deployment_Guide/s1-openssh-server-config.html > > the reader is advised to, for the sake of security, remove/disable vsftpd, ostensibly in favour of sftp/sftp-server. really? > > i can obviously see disallowing stuff like telnet and rsh and > rlogin, that's a no-brainer. but advising against vsftpd for the sake of security? i'm not sure i see the logic in that. thoughts? As FTP is a clear-text protocol, I would surely advise against leaving it on :) I only run a vsftpd server on one of my machines for the customers comfort, but that will change in the near future ! I can easily image scenarios where unencrypted traffic with usernames/passwords is disallowed. Regards, Michel