Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:38:13 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org> Cc: Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what else is needed to make ftp passive work Message-ID: <48FF8125.6070703@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20081022191330.GA66142@icarus.home.lan> References: <200810222050687.SM01744@TX2.Go2France.com> <20081022191330.GA66142@icarus.home.lan>
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Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> Finally, I recommend if this machine is RELENG_6 or later, that you look
> in to using pf(4) instead. You'll thank me later. :-)
Specifically ftp-proxy(8). Makes it almost feasible to support such
an archaic and unfriendly-to-firewalling protocol as FTP and still
retain at least a modicum of security.
Cheers,
Matthew, who is still bemused by peoples' assumption that just because it is called 'File Transfer Protocol' it is *the* way to transfer
files. Hello! It's the 21st Century now. Try WebDAV. Try rsync --
either anonymous, or over ssh. Try sftp. Try scp.
--
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard
Flat 3
PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate
Kent, CT11 9PW
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