Vsftpd Over SSL/TLS2015/11/23

	Enable SSL/TLS for Vsftpd to use secure FTP connections.
[1]	Create Certificates.

www:~ #

cd /etc/ssl/private

www:/etc/ssl/private #

openssl req -x509 -nodes -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout vsftpd.pem -out vsftpd.pem -days 365

Generating a 2048 bit RSA private key
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writing new private key to '/etc/pki/tls/certs/vsftpd.pem'
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You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated
into your certificate request.
What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN.
There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank
For some fields there will be a default value,
If you enter '.', the field will be left blank.
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Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:

# country

State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:

Hiroshima

# state

Locality Name (eg, city) []:

Hiroshima

# city

Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]:

GTS

# company

Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:

Server World

# department

Common Name (eg, YOUR name) []:

www.srv.world

# server's FQDN

Email Address []:

xxx@srv.world

# admin's email

www:/etc/ssl/private #

chmod 400 vsftpd.pem

[2]	Configure Vsftpd.

www:~ #

vi /etc/vsftpd.conf

# line 192: change

ssl_enable=

YES

# add follows to the end

rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/private/vsftpd.pem
rsa_private_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/vsftpd.pem
ssl_ciphers=HIGH
force_local_data_ssl=YES
force_local_logins_ssl=YES

www:~ #

systemctl restart vsftpd

FTP Client : SUSE

	Configure FTP Client to use FTPS connection.
[3]	Install FTP Client and configure like follows.

suse@dlp:~>

vi ~/.lftprc

# create new

set ftp:ssl-auth TLS
set ftp:ssl-force true
set ftp:ssl-protect-list yes
set ftp:ssl-protect-data yes
set ftp:ssl-protect-fxp yes
set ssl:verify-certificate no

suse@dlp:~>

lftp -u suse www.srv.world

Password:
lftp suse@www.srv.world:~>

FTP Client : Windows

[4]	For example of FileZilla on Windows, Open 'File'-'Site Manager'.

[5]	Input user info like follows, for encryption field, select "explicit FTP over TLS".

[6]	The user's Password is required. Input it.

[7]	The following waring is shown because the certificate is own created, it's no ploblem. Go next.

[8]	Just connected with FTPS.

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