Can you believe that in nearly four years of Paranoid Penguin columns, I've never talked about how to configure FTP services? This month I fix that, using my new favorite FTP server, Chris Evans' ...

The FBI warned medical and dental offices running FTP servers in anonymous mode that criminals are targeting these installations and stealing personal healthcare information. Hackers craving personal ...

In March 2017, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a Private Industry Notice (Notice) advising that the FBI is aware that cybercriminals are actively targeting File Transfer Protocol (FTP ...

FBI warns against usage of anonymous FTP accounts The FBI’s alert – a PIN (Private Industry Notification) – specifically mentions unsecured (anonymous) FTP servers that allow anyone to connect with ...

According to the Associated Press, military information that would pose a threat to U.S. troops if it were to fall into enemy hands, is freely available over the Internet. Among the sensitive ...

An FTP (file transfer protocol) site that contains files that can be downloaded by anyone. The anonymous FTP directory is isolated from the rest of the site and will generally not accept uploads from ...

Get a basic review of how to install VSFTP, add users, and use the tool in stand-alone mode or inetd/xinetd mode. File Transfer Protocol (FTP) servers can be useful for providing files to customers ...

Last month we covered setting up an rsync server for anonymous access. Listing 1 shows the sample rsyncd.conf file from last month, illustrating some options particularly useful for tightening ...

wu-ftpd, and I only want to allow users )local accoutns) to access the box via ftp - how in the HELL do I do it? scp is better, I know, but I need to let users upload files via ftp, so I'm kinda stuck ...

Hypertext transfer protocol, or HTTP, and file transfer protocol, known as FTP, are two methods that allow you to upload or download files and pages from the Internet. The two have overlapping ...