Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 15:13:55 -0700 From: "Jan B. Koum " <jkb@best.com> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FTP passive mode - a new default? Message-ID: <19990528151355.A20812@best.com> In-Reply-To: <xzplne9o0pc.fsf@localhost.ping.uio.no>; from Dag-Erling Smorgrav on Fri, May 28, 1999 at 02:09:19PM %2B0200 References: <16256.927715821@zippy.cdrom.com> <19990528020541.D8308@best.com> <xzplne9o0pc.fsf@localhost.ping.uio.no>
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On Fri, May 28, 1999 at 02:09:19PM +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> wrote: > "Jan B. Koum " <jkb@best.com> writes: > > Yay! This is awesome. I guess in addition to ftp, the tools and > > libraries you talk about would also include fetch, and other firewall > > not so friendly things? (Would be nice if CVSup can fake FTP_PASSIVE_MODE > > by doing '-P -' too). > > CVSup uses multiplexed mode by default, which means it multiplexes its > various data channels over a single TCP connection. The server does > not (should not) attempt to connect back to the client. > > DES > -- > Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no I know how CVSup works. If you are behind firewall, you need to use "-P -" command line switch. What I am saying, is that it would be nice if CVSup would use passive mode by default now also (like ftp/fetch will). -- Yan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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