WU-FTPD

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WU-FTPD
Basic data

developer Chris Myers, Bryan D. O'Connor
Current  version 2.6.2
(November 30, 2001)
operating system Unix-like
category File server
License free software
German speaking No

The WU-FTPD is an FTP daemon developed at Washington University , a server for the File Transfer Protocol . The license of the WU-FTPD conforms to the Debian Free Software Guidelines . The WU-FTPD was originally programmed by Chris Myers and Bryan O'Connor for the large archives of the university and is characterized by a wide range of functions.

In the spring of 1999, the WU-FTPD Development Group was founded for further development and published the latest version 2.6.2 on November 30, 2001.

In the early 2000s, the WU-FTPD was widespread and one of the routes of infection for the ramen worm . The problem, discovered in 2004, that highlighted the security concept of the WU-FTPD was that users found themselves in the root directory of the operating system as soon as they supposedly lost all rights. In the mid-2000s, the maintainers no longer responded to urgent vulnerability reports. The website of the WU-FTPD Development Group has not been accessible since 2008 .

For example, the latest stable versions of Debian no longer provide wu-ftpd .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Matthew Palmer: Re: Question on License . Debian . April 23, 2004. Retrieved February 17, 2013.
  2. ^ WU-FTPD Development Group . August 2, 2002. Archived from the original on August 2, 2002. Retrieved on February 17, 2013.
  3. ↑ Millie Ives: Ramen Worm (PDF; 1.36 MB) SANS Institute . Retrieved February 17, 2013.
  4. ↑ vulnerability in wu-ftpd . Heise.de. March 9, 2004. Retrieved February 17, 2013.
  5. ↑ FTP server caught in a loop . Heise publishing house. February 26, 2005. Retrieved February 17, 2013.
  6. ↑ www.wu-ftpd.org . Archived from the original on February 1, 2008.
  7. ↑ Package wu-ftpd . Software in the Public Interest.