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Subject: Re: Examples of IPFtest?
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Bob Perry <rperry@gti.net> writes:

> Recently set up a firewall using ipf and apparently ran into a problem
> with FTP sites.  Received error, "No route to host" while fetching files
> located on ftp sites during portupgrade and also was unable to open the
> FreeBSD FTP Server (550 Could not accept passive data connection-timed
> out.)  Had no problem once I disabled the firewall.
> 
> I noticed there was a test utility called ipftest available but the man
> page didn't help me understand how it functions.  Has anyone utilized
> this utility?  Is there a site that is more informative than the man
> page?
> 
> In the mean time, I do remember scanning an article on active FTP vs
> passive FTP which may be a good "next step" given the browser error
> message 550.

The ipf section in the Handbook has a whole subsection on dealing with FTP.