How to Install vsftpd Centos/RHEL/Fedora

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vsftpd, which stands for “Very Secure FTP Daemon”^{[citation needed]}, is an FTP server for Unix-like systems, including Linux. It is licensed under the GNU General Public License. It supports IPv6 and SSL.

vsftpd supports explicit (since 2.0.0) and implicit (since 2.1.0) FTPS.

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

In July 2011 it was discovered that vsftpd version 2.3.4 downloadable from the master site had been compromised. Users logging into an instance of the compromised vsftpd-2.3.4 may issue a “:)” smileyface as the username and gain a command shell on a high tcp port. This was not an issue of a security hole in vsftpd, instead, someone had uploaded a different version of vsftpd which contained a backdoor.

Let  show  you  how  to install  VSFTPD  in  centos  with SSl  certification:

Install  vsftpd with

tyn install  vsftpd 

Check  the  ssl

ldd /usr/sbin/vsftpd | grep ssl 

This  suitable  command is for creating your certificates

 cd /etc/pki/tls/certs

[bash]# openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 730 -newkey rsa:1024
        -keyout /etc/pki/tls/certs/vsftpd.pem
        -out /etc/pki/tls/certs/vsftpd.pem

 Check your  Certificate :

 cat /etc/pki/tls/certs/vsftpd.pem
 openssl x509 -in /etc/pki/tls/certs/vsftpd.pem -noout -text

Change  owner  chip of  the file

 chmod 600 /etc/pki/tls/certs/vsftpd.pem

vi   /etc/vsftp/vsftpd.conf

 and  add

###config
 

ssl_enable=YES
allow_anon_ssl=NO
force_local_data_ssl=NO
force_local_logins_ssl=YES

ssl_tlsv1=YES
ssl_sslv2=NO
ssl_sslv3=NO

rsa_cert_file=/etc/pki/tls/certs/vsftpd.pem

vsftpd  restart

 /etc/init.d/vsftpd restart

[root@localhost certs]# /etc/init.d/vsftpd restart
Shutting down vsftpd:                                      [  OK  ]
Starting vsftpd for vsftpd:                                [  OK  ]
[root@localhost certs]#

Connect   to the  FTP   Server  via Command line  or  Via FTP  Client   (windwos  or  Linux)

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