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FTP section cleanup.

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- Reword descriptions of FTP servers.
- Capitalize list entries.

PR:		docs/37037
Submitted by:	Dominic Marks <dominic_marks@btinternet.com>
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FTP distributions. FTP access must be
anonymous, and no upload/download ratios
are allowed (a ridicilous thing anyway).
Upload capability is not required (and should
Upload capability is not required (and <emphasis>must</emphasis>
never be allowed for the FreeBSD file space).
Also the FreeBSD archive should be available under
the path <filename>/pub/FreeBSD</filename>.
@ -144,36 +144,36 @@
can be set up to allow anonymous FTP
(in alphabetical order).
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><command>/usr/libexec/ftpd</command>: FreeBSD's own ftpd,
will probably do a very good job. Be sure to read &man.ftpd.8;.</para>
<listitem><para><filename>/usr/libexec/ftpd</filename>: FreeBSD's own <application>ftpd</application>,
can be used. Be sure to read &man.ftpd.8;.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><filename role="package">ftp/ncftpd</filename>: a commercial package, free for
educational institutions.</para>
<para><filename role="package">ftp/ncftpd</filename>: A commercial package, free for
educational use.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><filename role="package">ftp/oftpd</filename>: an ftpd designed with
security as a main focus.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><filename role="package">ftp/proftpd</filename>: a modular and very flexible ftpd.</para>
<para><filename role="package">ftp/proftpd</filename>: A modular and very flexible ftpd.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><filename role="package">ftp/pure-ftpd</filename>: another ftpd developed with
<para><filename role="package">ftp/pure-ftpd</filename>: Another ftpd developed with
security in mind.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para><filename role="package">ftp/twoftpd</filename>: same as above</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename role="package">ftp/vsftpd</filename>: the <quote>very secure</quote> ftpd</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename role="package">ftp/twoftpd</filename>: As above.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename role="package">ftp/vsftpd</filename>: The <quote>very secure</quote> ftpd.</para></listitem>
<listitem>
<para><filename role="package">ftp/wu-ftpd</filename>: The widely used ftpd from Washington
University. It became sort of infamous, because of the huge
amount of security issues that became obvious in wu-ftpd.
It also around for a long time, which can be positive
(experience) or negative (lots of bloated code).</para>
<para><filename role="package">ftp/wu-ftpd</filename>: The ftpd from Washington
University. It has become infamous, because of the huge
amount of security issues that have been found in it.
If you do choose to use this software be sure to
keep it up to date.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
FreeBSD's ftpd, proftpd, wu-ftpd and maybe ncftpd are among the
most used ones. The others are probably not that much widespread.
most commonly ones. The others do not have a large userbase among mirror sites.
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="mirror-serv-rsync">