From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 15 01:30:18 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F011416A4D0 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 01:30:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.datapro.co.za (mail.uskonet.com [196.3.164.40]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0254043D6B for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 01:30:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hnpatel@autostyle.co.za) Received: from [196.41.196.26] (unknown [196.41.196.26]) by smtp.datapro.co.za (Postfix) with ESMTP id A956C1898BF for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:30:06 +0200 (SAST) From: Hiren To: FreeBSD-Questions Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1074159047.2398.3.camel@fbtab.h3p.co.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:30:47 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: running ftpd in a jail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 09:30:18 -0000 greetings i am setting up a ftp server. since i prefer setting all services within jails, i thought i would setup ftpd within a jail. i was basically NATing the required ports to the jails. i realized that ftpd in passive mode was almost impossible to NAT since it uses a wide range of ports. i then resorted to NATing ports 20 and 21 and using active mode for my server. i wanted to know which mode is more secure and how would i go about setting up ftpd within a jail in passive mode. i would appreciate advice and comments thanks Hiren Patel