Re: [Proftpd-user] Problem binding to second IP with mod _sftp on 1.3.7a on Ubuntu 21.04

> TJ> In addition, to get ProFTPD to not bind to the wildcard address,
> TJ> and instead to bind only to the specified addresses, you can use:
> 
> TJ>   SocketBindTight on
> 
> Why isn't this the default?  I would think that binding to all
> interfaces by default is just nasty... or maybe put in another warning
> in the code what mentions this on startup. 

I've found, over the years, that many of the "warnings" logged at startup are often not seen.

And different sites/admins have different opinions on just what the "default" behavior should be -- based on their specific needs.  Whatever the default value is, would cause problems for someone.

The current behavior of using wildcard sockets has been the default for quite a while now; changing it would cause more issues than it would solve, I think.

TJ


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