Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 01:47:28 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Benjamin Lewis <blewis@vet.purdue.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ftp.freebsd.org & SLiRP Message-ID: <199611230947.BAA00908@root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 22 Nov 1996 17:35:36 EST." <199611222235.RAA24066@ylana.vet.purdue.edu>
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>Something seems to have changed with the ftp daemon at wcarchive recently. > >I use SLiRP to fake a ppp connection to the net, and I've begun to have >problems connecting to some sites, but not all. Here are some examples of >what happens: > >fetch: > >>Attempting to fetch from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/distfiles//. > Syntax error, command unrecognized > >ncftp: > Logged into wcarchive.cdrom.com. > NcFTP 1.9.5 (October 29, 1995) by Mike Gleason, NCEMRSoft. > wcarchive.cdrom.com:/.16/FreeBSD/distfiles > ncftp>ls > Illegal PORT range rejected. > wcarchive.cdrom.com:/.16/FreeBSD/distfiles > ncftp> > >ftp: > 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. > Remote system type is UNIX. > Using binary mode to transfer files. > ftp> ls > 500 Illegal PORT range rejected. > 425 Can't build data connection: Connection refused. > ftp> > >However, I have no trouble with many other sites, including freefall. I >didn't always have this trouble, but I don't know when it started, because >I usually use ftp just to grab the ctm deltas from freefall. > >Did wu-ftpd change recently? Does anyone have any other suggestions? We're not running the stock "wu-ftpd" on wcarchive. As for what changed, I disabled the ability to establish data port connections to privileged ports (ports < 1024). I guess my question is: why is slirp trying to do that? -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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