This sections contains FTPd installation, securing and optimizing of that service
If you are using this server only for personal website(s), you do not need a ftpd service, use sftp via ssh instead.
Disadvanges with a FTPD
- Not encrypted (login/passwords are in plain text)
- One more service in your system
Advantagese with FTPD
- Fast small file transfer
- More client-options avaiable
Disadvantages with SFTP
- Slow small file transfer
- Can give higher load (crypto need cpu)
Advantages with SFTP
- Login/Password is encrypted
More will come..



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