[nzlug] Ftp and mail server

[Sid Bachtiar]

its for my own use.

for SSH, how do I know if I got one already installed? I think I
remember I've installed one.

On 7/25/06, Hadley Rich <nzlug at nice.net.nz> wrote:
> On Tuesday 25 July 2006 14:35, Sid Bachtiar wrote:
> > Which ftp server for ubuntu you'd recommend? Got plenty of different
> > ones in Synaptic Package Manager, I don't know which one to install.
> >
> > The same with email server.
>
> Hi Sid,
>
> Do you really need to provide ftp access? If it's just for your own use, or
> you can tell people what to use, then I would recommend using SFTP over FTP.
> FTP is an insecure protocol and you'd do much better only using secure things
> on your server. For SFTP all you need is SSH access - too easy, and one less
> port to worry about too!
>
> As for mail servers, it's personal preference really. I like postfix myself.
>
> hads.
>
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