ProFTPD 1.3 README.modules
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Core ProFTPD Modules (modules subdirectory)
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Modules always included:
mod_auth
Implements FTP authentication commands (USER, PASS, ACCT, REIN).
mod_core
Implements core configuration directives and most RFC-959 FTP
commands (CWD, CDUP, MKD, PWD, RMD, DELE, RNTO, RNFR, PASV, PORT,
SYST, HELP, QUIT, NOOP), and the MDTM and SIZE extensions.
mod_delay
Implements algorithms to protect against information leaks
via timing attacks.
mod_log
Interface to Unix message logging (syslog or file).
mod_ls
Implements the FTP LIST, NLST and STAT commands.
mod_facts
Implements the FTP MFF, MFMT, MLSD, and MLST commands.
mod_site
Implements the FTP SITE command, and the HELP, CHGRP, CHMOD
subcommands.
mod_auth_file
Interface to file-based authentication (AuthUserFile, AuthGroupFile)
mod_auth_unix
Interface to the native Unix password system.
mod_xfer
Implements FTP file transfer commands (STOR, RETR, APPE, REST,
ABOR, TYPE, STRU, MODE, ALLO, SMNT, STOU).
mod_ident
Implements RFC1413 identity lookups (IdentLookups).
Modules automatically included when supported by the OS:
mod_auth_pam
PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) authentication.
See README.PAM.
Originally contributed by MacGyver <macgyver@tos.net>.
mod_cap, libcap
POSIX 1e (IEEE 1003.1e draft) security model enhancements
(capabilities and capability sets), available for Linux kernels
2.1.104 and later. See README.capabilities.
Modules included upon request:
mod_ctrls
Provides the server-side listener for control requests
(see README.controls)
mod_dso
Handles loading and unloading of DSO modules (see README.DSO)
mod_facl
Handles checking of POSIX ACLs (see README.facl)
mod_lang
Handles the LANG command (see README.NLS)
mod_memcache
Handles Memcache support
Contributed ProFTPD Modules (contrib/ subdirectory)
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Also, see contrib/README.
Security/encryption modules:
mod_sftp, mod_sftp_pam, mod_sftp_sql
SSH2, SFTP, SCP protocol implementation
See doc/contrib/mod_sftp.html
Contributed by TJ Saunders <tj@castaglia.org>
mod_tls, mod_tls_memcache, mod_tls_shmcache
SSL/TLS authentication/encryption
See doc/contrib/mod_tls.html
Originally by Peter Runestig
Contributed by TJ Saunders <tj@castaglia.org>
Authentication modules:
mod_ldap
LDAP (Light-weight Directory Access Protocol) authentication.
See README.LDAP.
Contributed by John Morrissey <jwm@horde.net>.
mod_sql, mod_sql_mysql, mod_sql_postgres, mod_sql_odbc, mod_sql_sqlite
SQL (Structured Query Language) database authentication and
other functions, with backends for MySQL, PostgreSQL, ODBC, and SQLite.
See doc/contrib/mod_sql.html
Contributed by Johnie Ingram <johnie@netgod.net>.
mod_radius
RADIUS (RFC2865) authentication and accounting
See doc/contrib/mod_radius.html
Contributed by TJ Saunders <tj@castaglia.org>.
Feature modules:
mod_ban
Dynamic blacklisting.
See doc/contrib/mod_ban.html
Contributed by TJ Saunders <tj@castaglia.org>.
mod_ctrls_admin
Common administrative control actions
See doc/contrib/mod_ctrls_admin.html
Contributed by TJ Saunders <tj@castaglia.org>
mod_dynmasq
Automatic refreshing of IP address for MasqueradeAddress DNS name,
for sites that use DynDNS-type services
See doc/contrib/mod_dynmasq.html
Contributed by TJ Saunders <tj@castaglia.org>
mod_exec
Execute custom external scripts based on session actions/events.
See doc/contrib/mod_exec.html
Contributed by TJ saunders <tj@castaglia.org>
mod_ifsession
Conditional per-user, per-group, per-class configurations
See doc/contrib/mod_ifsession.html
Contributed by TJ Saunders <tj@castaglia.org>
mod_load
Reject connections based on system load
See doc/contrib/mod_load.html
Contributed by TJ Saunders <tj@castaglia.org>
mod_qos
Tweak the network TCP QoS bits for better routing
See doc/contrib/mod_qos.html
Contributed by Philip Prindeville
mod_quotatab, mod_quotatab_file, mod_quotatab_ldap, mod_quotatab_radius,
mod_quotatab_sql
User/group/class quotas.
See doc/contrib/mod_quotatab.html
Contributed by TJ Saunders <tj@castaglia.org>
mod_ratio
User upload/download ratios.
See contrib/README.ratio and the comments in mod_ratio.c.
Contributed by Johnie Ingram <johnie@netgod.net>
and Jim Dogopoulos <jd@dynw.com>/<jd@downcity.net>.
mod_readme
Display "readme" files, controlled by the "DisplayReadme" directive.
Originally contributed by <jan.menzel@gmx.de>.
mod_rewrite
Powerful regular expression-based command parameter rewrite engine
See doc/contrib/mod_rewrite.html
Contributed by TJ Saunders <tj@castaglia.org>
mod_shaper
Throttling of data transfers across the entire server.
See doc/contrib/mod_shaper.html
mod_site_misc
Miscellaneous SITE commands (e.g. SITE SYLINK, SITE UTIME)
See doc/contrib/mod_site_misc.html
mod_unique_id
Provides a unique ID for each FTP session, useful for session
tracking in log files and databases
See doc/contrib/mod_unique_id.html
Contributed by TJ Saunders <tj@castaglia.org>
mod_wrap
TCP Wrappers.
See contrib/README.mod_wrap and doc/contrib/mod_wrap.html.
Contributed by TJ Saunders <tj@castaglia.org>.
mod_wrap2, mod_wrap2_file, mod_wrap2_sql
TCP wrappers functionality, extended to include SQL tables
See doc/contrib/mod_wrap2.html
Contributed by TJ Saunders <tj@castaglia.org>.
Other ProFTPD modules (not included in the source distribution)
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Please see
http://www.proftpd.org/module_news.html
for a current third-party module list. These modules (and patches) are
neither evaluated nor sanctioned in any way.
