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<h1>Software Features</h1>
<p>ProFTPD offers the following features, with <a href="ROADMAP">many more
planned</a>):</p>

<ul>
  <li>Single main configuration file, with directives and directive
      groups which are intuitive to any administrator who has ever used
      the Apache web server.
  </li>
  <li>Per directory ".ftpaccess" configuration similar to Apache's
      ".htaccess".
  </li>
  <li>Easy to configure multiple virtual FTP servers and anonymous FTP
      services.
  </li>
  <li>Designed to run either as a stand-alone server or from
      inetd/xinetd, depending on system load.
  </li>
  <li>Anonymous FTP root directories do not require any specific
      directory structure, system binaries or other system files.
  </li>
  <li>No SITE EXEC command. In modern Internet environments, such commands are
      a security nightmare.
  </li>
  <li>Source code is available (and must always be available) for
      administrators and developers to audit.
  </li>
  <li>Hidden directories and files, based on Unix-style permissions or
      user/group ownership.
  </li>
  <li>Runs as a configurable non-privileged user in stand-alone mode in
      order to decrease chances of attacks which might exploit its
      "root" abilities. <strong>Note: This feature is dependent on the
      capabilities of the host Unix system.</strong>
  </li>
  <li>Logging and utmp/wtmp support. Logging is compatible with the
      wu-ftpd standard, with extended logging available.
  </li>
  <li>Shadow password suite support, including support for expired
      accounts.
  </li>
  <li>Modular design, allowing server to be extended easily with
      modules.  Modules have been written for SQL databases, LDAP servers, 
      SSL/TLS encryption, RADIUS support, etc.
  </li>
  <li>IPv6 support.</li> 
</ul>

<h1>Platforms</h1>
<p>ProFTPD is known to compile and run on the following platforms. If you
know of any that are not in this list, please
<a href="mailto:core@proftpd.org">contact the core team</a>.</p>

<table id="platformsTable">
<tr>
    <td>AIX</td>
    <td>BSD/OS</td>
    <td>Cygwin*</td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td>Digital Unix</td>
    <td>DG/UX</td>
    <td>HP/UX</td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td>IRIX*</td>
    <td>Linux*</td>
    <td>Mac OS X*+</td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td>SCO</td>
    <td>FreeBSD*</td>
    <td>NetBSD</td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td>OpenBSD</td>
    <td>Solaris*</td>
    <td>SunOS</td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td>Linux for IBM S/390, zSeries</td>
</tr>
</table>
 
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<p>(*) The ProFTPD core team has access to test on this platform.
       If you wish to donate hardware or network access, please
       <a href="mailto:core@proftpd.org">contact the core team</a>.
</p>
<p>(+) While ProFTPD should compile "out of the box" under Mac OS X,
       <a href="http://fink.sf.net/">Fink</a> includes ProFTPD in its
       distribution for OS X.
</p>

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