Glftpd

glFTPd
Developer(s) glFTPd development team
Stable release
2.06.3 (openssl-1.0.2h) / April 29, 2016 (2016-04-29)
Preview release
2.07-BETA2 (openssl-1.1.0c) / November 14, 2016 (2016-11-14)
Written in C
Operating system Cross-platform
Platform Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Mac OS
Type FTP server
License glFTPd license
Website glftpd.eu

glFTPd is a freely available FTP server which runs on Unix, Linux, and BSD operating systems. It has number of features, like logins restricted by a particular set of IP addresses, transfer quotas per-user and per-group basis, and user/groups not stored in the system files, which make it attractive to private warez servers, including topsites.[1][2][3][4][5] It does have legitimate uses thougha number of web development books recommend it amongst other general purpose FTP servers,[6][7] and some Linux certification exams of SAIR required knowledge of it.[8] It can integrate with Eggdrop through IRC channels.[9]

History

glFTPd stands for GreyLine File Transfer Protocol Daemon. It was named after the initial developer GreyLine. The first public release of glFTPd dates back to the beginning 1998. glFTPd is well known for its detailed user permissions, extensive scripting features and for securely and efficiently transferring files between other sites using FXP.

License

    Copyright (c) 1997-2004.
         The glFTPd development team. All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in binary form is permitted provided that the 
following conditions are met:
 1. Redistributions must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list 
    of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or 
    other materials provided with the distribution.
 2. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software  
    must display the following acknowledgement:
      glFTPd is a product developed by the glFTPd development team (http://www.glftpd.com).
 THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS AND
 ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
 IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
 ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
 FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
 DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
 OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
 HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
 LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
 OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 SUCH DAMAGE.
gl_spy
User management

Support

Support for glFTPd is available on IRC on EFnet in both #glftpd and #glhelp

See also

References

  1. Brian Baskin, Jan Kanclirz, Netcat Power Tools, Syngress, 2008, ISBN 1-59749-257-4, p. 119
  2. Paul Craig, Ron Honick, Mark Burnett, Software piracy exposed, Syngress, 2005, ISBN 1-932266-98-4, p. 113
  3. http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2003/Feb/314
  4. Andy “Enigmax” Maxwell, (November 19, 2007) Top Pirate Reveals Warez Scene Secrets, Attracts MPAA Lawyer’s Attention, TorrentFreak
  5. Andrew Smith (b-bstf), A Guide To Internet Piracy, 2600: The Hacker Quarterly, Summer 2004
  6. Dan Rahmel, Beginning Joomla!, Edition 2, Apress, 2009, ISBN 1-4302-1642-5, p. 320
  7. Steven E. Callihan, Learn HTML 4 in a weekend, Edition 4, Cengage Learning, 2003, ISBN 1-59200-059-2, p. 414
  8. Michael Jang, Mastering Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, John Wiley and Sons, 2004, ISBN 0-7821-4347-4, p. 799
  9. Huang, H. D.; Lee, C. S.; Hagras, H.; Kao, H. Y. (2012). "TWMAN+: A Type-2 fuzzy ontology model for malware behavior analysis". 2012 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC). p. 2821. doi:10.1109/ICSMC.2012.6378176. ISBN 978-1-4673-1714-6. "It is a freely available FTP server which can integrate with the Eggdrop through IRC channels to synchronize and collaborative all servers run analysis job on their clients."

External links

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