Subject: S/Key version of WU-FTPD

From: Fred Blonder <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 19:37:27 -0500

I've recently modified wu-ftpd to use the S/Key authentication form
Wietse Venema's "logdaemon" package.  The changes were fairly
straightforward and simple.  Has anyone else one this, or something
similar?

Who is responsible for maintaining the "official" Wu-ftpd
distribution.  I'd like to supply them with a copy for possible
inclusion in the distribution as a compile-time selectable option.

The changes are all within the routine: "user()" in the file ftpd.c and
require that the ftp daemon be linked with the routines: skeyaccess.o,
skey_crypt.o, skeylogin.o, put.o, skeysubr.o and mdx.o from the
logdaemon package.  This is handled by a few simple tweaks to the
makefile.
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From: Michael Brennen <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 14:08:46 -0600 (CST)

> straightforward and simple.  Has anyone else one this, or something

The beta release below, created and maintained by wu-ftpd list
inhabitants, has S/Key and shadow password support built in (6 months?). 
It also supports virtual FTP servers, some nice security features, as well
as fixing a number of bugs that are still in the "standard" WU release. 

ftp://ftp.academ.com/pub/wu-ftpd/private/wu-ftpd-2.4.2-beta-8.tar.Z

You can't see the directory contents, but get the file anyway.  It's
there.

Michael
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From: Andrew Robert Ellsworth <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 15:53:42 -0600 (CST)

> inclusion in the distribution as a compile-time selectable option.

Well, I think technically we (Washington University) still hold the
"official" distribution, which is the old wu-ftpd-2.4.  However, it seems
to be an unwritten policy that since the author, Bryan O'Connor, is no
longer supporting the software (nor working with Wash U), we don't archive
all of the various patches, changes, etc.; just the original wu-ftpd-2.4
with all of its checksums.  For additions/changes to the base wu-ftpd, you
might talk to the folks who handle the academ release; I can't speak for
them, but I'm sure they'd consider incorporating your changes into the 
next release.

Then again, I could be wrong. :)

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From: David Kovar <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 14:48:50 -0800 (PST)

> http://cec.wustl.edu/~are1 |          --The Wheel of Time saga, Robert Jordan

  Does wu-ftpd need someone to adopt it and be a clearing house for
patches, updates, and the like?

-David

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From: Kent Landfield <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 96 17:29:23 CST

> patches, updates, and the like?

If that's the case, we would be happy to provide software and mailing list
archive support for development efforts.  Just an thought/offer...

			-Kent+
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From: Michael Brennen <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 19:41:22 -0600 (CST)

> archive support for development efforts.  Just an thought/offer...

I'm certainly not an official spokesman for the list, just a long
inhabitant.  Thanks for the consideration of maintaining the beast; it 
may be needed one of these days.

Stan Barber ([email-masked]) has been pulling the WU ftpd betas together
for some time and releasing them from his site.  So far WU seems to be
very willing to keep hosting the bandwidth for the mailing list, and it is
working well.

This has been an adequate mechanism for ongoing development, at least as
long as the two hosts above continue to provide access.  I for one
appreciate their ongoing contribution very much.

Michael

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From: Kent Landfield <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 96 19:54:56 CST

> appreciate their ongoing contribution very much.

Please don't get me wrong.  I too appreciate their efforts greatly.  I was
just offering if there was a need.  When there is we'd be happy to help out.

			-Kent+

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From: Michael Brennen <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 23:07:12 -0600 (CST)

> just offering if there was a need.  When there is we'd be happy to help out.

Ahhhh - very sorry to communicate any sense that you did not appreciate
it.  The fact that you and the other fellow (sorry, I think I have deleted
the previous posts) offered the support indicates a nice willingness to
pitch in.  I appreciate that and I am sure that others do also. 

Normally I would not reply to the list for this, but looking back over my
post I see how misworded it was.  Please accept my apology.  I hope this
clears up any misunderstanding about what I meant so as not to offend
anyone.  Any and all efforts to help are much appreciated. 

Thanks,
Michael

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From: "Lawrence MacIntyre - 615.574.8696" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 10:23:34 -0500 (EST)

> logdaemon package.  This is handled by a few simple tweaks to the

I did that as well, but the consensus was that WU wasn't doing any more 
updates and some unknown person might be doing some or something, so I 
didn't have anywhere to send the diffs.

                                 Lawrence
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