From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 28 10:14:28 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp3.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net (smtp3.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net [206.210.69.143]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 735C037B416 for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 10:14:20 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 21881 invoked from network); 28 Dec 2001 18:14:13 -0000 Received: from dap-209-166-135-196.nfas.greensburg-tnt-1.sns234.pa.stargate.net (HELO wastegate.net) (209.166.135.196) by smtp3.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net with SMTP; 28 Dec 2001 18:14:13 -0000 Received: (qmail 52254 invoked from network); 28 Dec 2001 18:14:12 -0000 Received: from mother.wg.local (HELO mother.wastegate.net) (192.168.1.2) by dap-209-166-135-196.nfas.greensburg-tnt-1.sns234.pa.stargate.net with SMTP; 28 Dec 2001 18:14:12 -0000 From: "Doug Reynolds" To: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" Cc: "darryl@osborne-ind.com" , "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 13:15:39 -0500 Reply-To: "Doug Reynolds" X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.20.2380) For Windows 98 (4.10.2222) In-Reply-To: <3C2C70B9.5020602@rambo.simx.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: ftp & FreeBSD firewall Message-Id: <20011228181420.735C037B416@hub.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 14:16:41 +0100, Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg wrote: >Doug Reynolds wrote: > >>[snip] >> >>i dont know about ws_ftp or msftp, but leapftp you just click pasv. my >>guess is that a rule for your firewall is off.. i think ftp sends data >>back on port20 as well. that could be the problem >> >Correct me if Im wrong, it has been a while since I studied the FTP >protocoll, but if the client uses passive, no data should be sent back >at all. The server will open listening ports, and the client will >connect to the server. The server should never have to contact the client. I am not 100% sure.. thought i'd mention it since i was just browsing the services to setup my firewall :) --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net PGP Public Key Fingerprint: 6E7B 9993 B503 6D45 E33A 2019 26E5 C1DB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message