From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 22 19:38:28 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E176106566B; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:38:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0EAE8FC27; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:38:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id m9MJcJIV039391; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:38:20 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.7.2 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk m9MJcJIV039391 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=200708; t=1224704300; bh=S2cBAYE/cszQxr rbmLlzCFw/1fgXGvGZCqihRswqmYU=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version: To:CC:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc:Content-Type: Date:From:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Mes sage-ID:=20<48FF8125.6070703@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20Wed,=2 022=20Oct=202008=2020:38:13=20+0100|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman=20|Organization:=20Infracaninophile|User -Agent:=20Thunderbird=202.0.0.17=20(X11/20080929)|MIME-Version:=201 .0|To:=20Jeremy=20Chadwick=20|CC:=20Len=20Conra d=20,=20freebsd-questions@freebsd.org|Subjec t:=20Re:=20what=20else=20is=20needed=20to=20make=20ftp=20passive=20 work|References:=20<200810222050687.SM01744@TX2.Go2France.com>=20<2 0081022191330.GA66142@icarus.home.lan>|In-Reply-To:=20<200810221913 30.GA66142@icarus.home.lan>|X-Enigmail-Version:=200.95.6|Content-Ty pe:=20multipart/signed=3B=20micalg=3Dpgp-sha256=3B=0D=0A=20protocol =3D"application/pgp-signature"=3B=0D=0A=20boundary=3D"------------e nigE93A5B59833BF531692AD519"; b=eNjz2Z8JTsRAkDDpweS7F9mUhvOdeD0TPmL BqWERl3vA8AONJerti4Hhp4+ePELOrS/+pgX4FSwEA+I5RikyN5koLgy+ckt2puow6k mGM0ymFWm7f/wz2Y0QuQyg16ca+BLOCBGY7IZuER3PGRcSRNSj9h3hjJeo5PicpOj9g 2s= Message-ID: <48FF8125.6070703@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:38:13 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20080929) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeremy Chadwick References: <200810222050687.SM01744@TX2.Go2France.com> <20081022191330.GA66142@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <20081022191330.GA66142@icarus.home.lan> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigE93A5B59833BF531692AD519" X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:38:20 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.94/8470/Wed Oct 22 16:13:42 2008 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VERIFIED,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: Len Conrad , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what else is needed to make ftp passive work X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:38:28 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigE93A5B59833BF531692AD519 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > Finally, I recommend if this machine is RELENG_6 or later, that you loo= k > 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 i= t is called 'File Transfer Protocol' it is *the* way to transfer files. Hello! It's the 21st Century now. Try WebDAV. Try rsync --=20 either anonymous, or over ssh. Try sftp. 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