Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 21:43:08 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Still trying to get my site up! Message-ID: <42C0D55C.5080008@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNAENPFBAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNAENPFBAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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>>-----Original Message----- >>From: Garrett Cooper [mailto:youshi10@u.washington.edu] >>Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 9:23 PM >>To: Ted Mittelstaedt >>Subject: Re: Still trying to get my site up! >> >> >>Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >> >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >>>>[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of >>>> >>>> >>Gerard Seibert >> >> >>>>Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 6:15 AM >>>>To: Oliver Leitner >>>>Cc: John Brooks; FreeBSD Question >>>>Subject: Re[2]: Still trying to get my site up! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>My new problem is how do I do an FTP into the site. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Well, you first have to FTP into www2.beerstud.us as the FTP protocol >>>does not have any way to create a redirect the way that dydns is doing >>>for you with their web server. >>> >>>Second, if your ISP is so stupid as to block incoming port 80 yet allow >>>people to run web servers on any other port number, then it is >>> >>> >>quite likely >> >> >>>that they are stupid enough to block incoming port 21 (the FTP >>> >>> >>port) yet >> >> >>>allow incoming FTP on any other port. >>> >>>In which case you just run your ftp daemon and your command line ftp >>>client program with the -P option and choose some convenient >>> >>> >>port number. >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>I just tried using >>>>WS~Pro from a WixXP machine, but that failed. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Don't know about that one however the WS_FTP that is the freeware one >>>has a Advanced tab on the site config that allows you to specify the >>>remote port. >>> >>>Ted >>> >>> >>> >> Ted's advise is really good considering that more ftpd's run on >>non-standard ports than httpd's, or at least what I've seen so far. >>Besides, if you have to serve via FTP then just use an ftpd instead of >>obfuscating transfers via httpd; ftpd is much better at helping people >>get files than http anyhow ;). >> I say get rid of the ISP and find a better one. Any ISP that >>actively blocks port 80-a port which should be allowed as a backup port >>for programs-isn't really setup correctly and I doubt that they >>have all >>of your best interests in mind when making decisions. >>-Garrett >> >> Drat. Did it again.
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