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Date:      Fri, 11 May 2001 19:45:57 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Paul Herman <pherman@frenchfries.net>
To:        Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
Cc:        Artem Koutchine <matrix@ipform.ru>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Allow rules for ipfw for active ftp
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.33.0105111943380.34173-100000@husten.security.at12.de>
In-Reply-To: <15100.5491.929121.957331@guru.mired.org>

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On Fri, 11 May 2001, Mike Meyer wrote:

> Artem Koutchine <matrix@ipform.ru> types:
> > Is it possive to allow active (as opposite to passive)
> > ftp connection using ipfw rules?
>
> Yes, it's possible. You need to allow access from any arbitrary TCP
> port - though restricting to ports > 1024 will probably work - to
> either any port in 1024-4999, or any port in 49152-65535, or both,
> depending on your ftp server and system configuration. And that may
> not be sufficient.

I've used the '-punch_fw' option to natd(8) with relatively good
results.

-Paul.


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