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From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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To: alo@iki.fi (Antti Louko)
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Subject: Re: misc/24048: natd/libalias doesn't always properly modify FTP PORT command
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<<On Tue, 16 Jan 2001 15:10:02 -0800 (PST), alo@iki.fi (Antti Louko) said:

>  Of course one could argue that the authentication has been left out of
>  the example but I cannot see any place where the authentication would
>  be required.
 
At the time RFC 959 was written, many FTP servers did not require
authentication.  Users were assumed to be ``anonymous'' unless they
requested a specific login with USER.

-GAWollman



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