[BlueOnyx:11267] Re: ProFTPD questions

[Steven Howes]

On 4 Sep 2012, at 10:02, Marcello Torchio wrote:
> I was looking for something to ban IPs that try to access ftp service using dictionary based attacks. I've found in /etc/proftpd.conf the configuration file of proFTPD daemon. I've read documentation about its structure and the mod_ban module. When i type "service proftpd status" on terminal, system tells me that there is no proFTPD daemon running on the system. If i try to connect via FTP on my server the connection works great. So, with FTP connection opened, i typed on terminal "lsof -i" to see running processes and their binded ports. I've found a process named "in.proftpd" binded to port 21 on my FTP connection. This behavior is right or not?

It runs from xinetd, not as a daemon.

S