RE: Question on PURE-FTP

Hi Pedram,

Thank you very much for your info. I think your explanation will help. 

I'll modify the config file and get it a try.

Thanks again,

Jim



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pedram Ebrahimian-Diznabi [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 5:48 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [pureftpd] Question on PURE-FTP
> 
> When you talk about normal and secure only two things come to mind.
> 
> Normal: no encryption
> Secure: with encryption
> 
> Depending on how you have compiled PURE-FTPD you will have:
> 
> a) SSL/TLS encryption layer disabled (default)
> b) accepts both none encrypted and encrypted sessions
> c) only accepts SSL/TLS sessions
> 
> from what you have mentioned, you may have compiled PURE-FTPD 
> with (--with-tls)
> 
> and you are running PURE-FTPD with (--tls=2)
> 
> if this is so, you can fix the problem by running PURE-FTPD 
> with --tls=1 or 0 (http://www.pureftpd.org/README.TLS for more info)
> 
> or if you are running PURE-FTPD with the config file 
> (/usr/local/etc/pure-ftpd.config) Scroll down, and change the 
> TLS 		2
> to
> TLS		0 or 1 (review the above page)
> 
> I hope that helped, I was unclear as to what you meant by 
> normal I only assumed you meant this.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Li [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 5:23 PM
> To: 'DervishD'
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [pureftpd] Question on PURE-FTP
> 
> 
> Hi Folks,
> 
> First of all, thanks for the reply.
> 
> I got the PURE-FTPD set up and somebody told me that one of 
> our devices only supports "normal" login and file transfer vs 
> the "secure" way. So unless I could find a way to change the 
> PURE-FTPD to "normal" category, I would not be able to 
> continue my work with the PURE-FTPD. 
> 
> (I've sent out email to the person who used the terms and 
> haven't got reply yet. Here is the excerpt which the "normal" 
> and "secure" categories were first mentioned: "The login and 
> file transfer is divided into two categories ..secure and normal.")
> 
> Please let me know if this helps to clarify.
> 
> I'm going through RFC959 to see if the document can shed some light.
> 
> Thanks again for the help.
> 
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: DervishD [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 5:05 PM
> > To: Jim Li
> > Cc: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [pureftpd] Question on PURE-FTP
> > 
> >     Hi Jim :)
> > 
> >  * Jim Li <[email protected]> dixit:
> > > Could anyone help me on if PURE-FTPD supports "normal" mode
> > in terms
> > > of login and file transfer? I.e. does PURE-FTPD support only the 
> > > "secure" mode?
> > 
> >     I don't know what you mean with "normal" and "secure" 
> > mode. Can you ellaborate on that? Probably there's a way of using 
> > "normal" mode in pure-ftpd (although it may involve 
> patching), but I 
> > need to know what do you mean by "normal"
> > and "secure" modes ;)
> > 
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