Monthly Archives: January 2026

A couple reasons not to use glFTPd for business related FTP communication

Linux, ,

1. Quite an unfriendly GitHub owner

They seem a little upset if you disclose migrating away from the software.

2. No disclosure of the source code, who knows what is in it and what it does?

You likely do not want to run this on internet-connected business machines holding and transferring customer data.

3. Try-hard jokes for actual users questions.

4. (Almost) everything it does, other FTPd’s can do better (the legal parts)

  • Modern auth backends (LDAP, SQL, OAuth-ish flows)
  • TLS, IPv6, security hardening
  • General internet-facing FTP/SFTP use
  • Maintainability and transparency (open source)

5. You open a closed-source service, which unknown developers from the scene part of the internet developed, to the internet and actually transfer and store confidential data on it.

Oof!

6. How does one get the idea to use that kind of software for business-critical applications anyway?

No idea. But it actually happened.

7. If that upset someone …

… please accept my apology in advance.

Before you uninstall Avast Free Antivirus – make sure you exported your BitLocker recovery key(s)!

Windows, , ,

Avast Free Antivirus over the years really had gotten annoying. Not only do I directly know a person where even the Premium Version led to constant annoyment because it was randomly blocking internet communications via the Windows Firewall, it also caused all kinds of disturbances with its “Smart-Scan” that occur sometimes ever couple of minutes and bring up annoying popups every time they run.

Time to remove the thing.

But be aware!

After rebooting you will be asked for your BitLocker recovery key(s). And if asked, you better have them or you better have a good and recent backup of your data:

In general it is a good idea for backup your BitLocker keys, because a TPM- or simple firmware-update of your machine could also invalidate the current TPM state and require the recovery keys. Save them, store them in a safe location.

As for Avast: It would be good if within the uninstall process, they would warn you.