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Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 11:26:27 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Chemisov Sergey <chek@ns.sirena.ru>
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Subject: Re: use ftp
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On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Chemisov Sergey wrote:

>         Explain for me please:
> How to use PORT commands  for  ftp?     What are its need for ?

PORT opens a data connection to the server to transfer a file.  FTP
maintains two connections:  a command connection, which you send commands
to the server, and a data connection, which the actual files come down.
The PORT command is used by the client only; the user doesn't need to
worry about it.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major