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Date:      Sat, 22 Dec 2001 14:17:00 +0100
From:      Norbert Koch <nk@LF.net>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Firewall & ftp
Message-ID:  <vzwuzfl7hv.fsf@lamia.LF.net>
In-Reply-To: <000501c18a5a$cbd92560$0701a8c0@darryl> ("Darryl Hoar"'s message of "Fri, 21 Dec 2001 14:05:10 -0600")
References:  <000501c18a5a$cbd92560$0701a8c0@darryl>

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"Darryl Hoar" <darryl@osborne-ind.com> writes:

> I have setup a firewall/router.  My LAN has mostly
> win9x, winNt & win2000 clients on it.  Since I installed
> the firewall, users have been unable to download files
> from the internet that are on the vendors ftp site.  The
> firewall logs show nothing, but I'm assuming its related
> to the firewall.
>
> How do I get around this problem safely?

Behind a firewall your users should use passive FTP.  You might need
to install new FTP clients on your WinX machines.

norbert.

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