vsftpd: A secure, extremely fast and stable FTP server¹

vsftpd is a GPL licensed FTP server for UNIX systems, including Linux. It is secure and extremely fast. It is stable. The only reason you might prefer a different FTP server to vsftpd is if you really need the configurability of one of the more bloated FTP servers. Having said this, note that vsftpd caters for the vast majority of use cases. Even if vsftpd appears to be missing a feature, it is often satisfied by an external component such as PAM or xinetd / tcp_wrappers. In this regard, vsftpd is being a small modular component in the proper spirit of UNIX. Finally, consider moving to vsftpd even if it means sacrificing some whacky feature of your current FTP server. The security, performance and stability gains are waiting for you.

... part of T2, get it here

URL: http://vsftpd.beasts.org/

Author: Chris Evans <chris [at] scary [dot] beasts [dot] org>
Maintainer: Rene Rebe <rene [at] t2-project [dot] org>

License: GPL
Status: Stable
Version: 2.3.4

Remark: Does cross compile (as setup and patched in T2).

Download: ftp://vsftpd.beasts.org/users/cevans vsftpd-2.3.4.tar.gz

T2 source: vsftpd.cache
T2 source: vsftpd.conf
T2 source: vsftpd.desc

Build time (on reference hardware): 5% (relative to binutils)²

Installed size (on reference hardware): 0.18 MB, 10 files

Dependencies (build time detected): 00-dirtree binutils coreutils diffutils findutils grep libcap linux-header make pam sed sysfiles tar

Installed files (on reference hardware): [show]

¹) This page was automatically generated from the T2 package source. Corrections, such as dead links, URL changes or typos need to be performed directly on that source.

²) Compatible with Linux From Scratch's "Standard Build Unit" (SBU).