Editor: vsftpd is a GPL licensed FTP server for UNIX systems, including Linux. It is secure and extremely fast. It is stable. Don't take my word for it, though. Below, we will see evidence supporting all three assertions. We will also see a list of a few important sites which are happily using vsftpd. This demonstrates vsftpd is a mature and trusted solution.
Features
Despite being small for purposes of speed and security, many more complicated FTP setups are achievable with vsftpd! By no means an exclusive list, vsftpd will handle:
* Virtual IP configurations
* Virtual users
* Standalone or inetd operation
* Powerful per-user configurability
* Bandwidth throttling
* Per-source-IP configurability
* Per-source-IP limits
* IPv6
* Encryption support through SSL integration
* etc...
