Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 13:15:39 -0500 From: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net> To: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" <listsub@rambo.simx.org> Cc: "darryl@osborne-ind.com" <darryl@osborne-ind.com>, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ftp & FreeBSD firewall Message-ID: <20011228181420.735C037B416@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <3C2C70B9.5020602@rambo.simx.org>
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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
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