ProFTPD Over SSL/TLS2014/12/25

	Configure ProFTPD to use SSL/TLS.
[1]	Create certificates.

[root@www ~]#

cd /etc/pki/tls/certs

[root@www certs]#

openssl req -x509 -nodes -newkey rsa:1024 -keyout /etc/pki/tls/certs/proftpd.pem -out /etc/pki/tls/certs/proftpd.pem -days 365

Generating a 1024 bit RSA private key
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writing new private key to '/etc/pki/tls/certs/proftpd.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]:

Server World

# company

Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:

IT Solution

# department

Common Name (eg, YOUR name) []:

www.srv.world

# server's FQDN

Email Address []:

xxx@srv.world

# admin's email

[root@www certs]#

chmod 400 proftpd.pem

[2]	Configure ProFTPD.

[root@www ~]#

vi /etc/proftpd.conf

# add follows to the end

TLSEngine                 on
TLSRequired               on
TLSProtocol               SSLv23
TLSLog                    /var/log/proftpd/tls.log
TLSRSACertificateFile     /etc/pki/tls/certs/proftpd.pem
TLSRSACertificateKeyFile  /etc/pki/tls/certs/proftpd.pem

[root@www ~]#

systemctl restart proftpd

FTP Client : Fedora

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

[redhat@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

[redhat@dlp ~]$

lftp -u fedora www.srv.world

Password:
lftp fedora@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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