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There are a number of choices available with Ubuntu 8.04 for FTP. VSFTPD is a great choice based on the secure design and the increased SSL support in version 2.0.6. VSFTPD has replaced the WU-FTPD with a more secure ftp daemon. This ftp program is labeled as more secure, stable, faster and more scalable. VSFTPD has taken steps to minimize the privileges it takes to run the ftp program. Each user runs at the level of least privilege.

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