Server(vsftpd)

vsftpd is the abbreviation of "very secure FTP daemon". vsftpd is the most respected ftp server program in Linux distributions. It is characterized by being small, light, safe and easy to use. Security is one of its biggest features. vsftpd is the name of a server running on a UNIX-like operating system. It can run on systems such as Linux, BSD, Solaris, HP-UNIX, etc. It is a completely free, open source ftp server software that supports many other Feature not supported by FTP server. For example: very high security requirements, bandwidth limitations, good scalability, the ability to create virtual users, support for IPv6, high speed, etc.

Software features

vsftpd has excellent performance in three aspects: security, high performance and stability. The main functions it provides include virtual IP settings, virtual users, Standalone, inetd operating modes, powerful single-user setting capabilities, and bandwidth limiting. In terms of security, it theoretically fixes most of the installation flaws of Wu-FTP, ProFTP, and even BSD-FTP, uses secure coding technology to solve buffer overflow problems, and can effectively avoid "globbing" type denial-of-service attacks. The official websites currently using vsftpd include Red Hat, SuSE, Debian, GNU, GNOME, KDE, Gimp and OpenBSD.

vsftpd stands for "Very Secure FTP Daemon" and is an FTP server for Unix-like systems, including Linux. This is licensed under the GNU General Public License. It supports IPv6 and SSL.

vsftpd supports explicit (since 2.0.0) and implicit (since 2.01) ftp.

vsftpd is the default FTP server on Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, NimbleX and RHEL Linux distributions.