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Date:      Mon, 03 Apr 2000 12:12:56 -0600
From:      Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
To:        Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
Cc:        Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FTP with firewall rules
Message-ID:  <38E8DF28.8846A1ED@softweyr.com>
References:  <38E159DF.3D7E5DF6@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> <200004011825.LAA04705@nomad.yogotech.com>

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Nate Williams wrote:
> 
> > I'm looking for some input on how to set up
> > FTP through an IPFW firewall so that you don't
> > have to run passive mode.
> >
> > Passive mode makes things like building ports difficult.
> 
> Why?  I've got it setup that way (been that way for a couple of years),
> and things work fine.  However, I do things a bit 'non-standard', and go
> hack the sources to both ftp and fetch to make passive mode the
> default on my boxes. :)

Passive mode appears to be the default on NetBSD lately.

-- 
            "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                         Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com                                           http://softweyr.com/


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