Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 18:00:54 -0800 From: "Charles Mauch" <cpm@yoonax.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Having a Problem with NAT and FTP Message-ID: <NDBBJECCALJAGLIEMPKICECKCEAA.cpm@yoonax.net> In-Reply-To: <200003021804.e22I4ME18212@fedde.littleton.co.us>
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> "Richard" writes: > +--------------- > | Thank you. Your answer makes sense. Funny thing though, I had a LINUX > | Box before the FreeBSD firewall and LINUX's masquerading was able to do > | it. I guess, there are advantages and disadvantages to every OS. > | > | Thanks > +--------------- > > The common FTP client on many linux distros uses PASV by default. > Because of the longer legacy for FreeBSD, its default FTP client > uses the older mode of operation. > > We could discuss the relative merit of each default choice. My opinion is > that PASV is a better default for the modern internet since it > enables more > systems and most modern servers support it. A trick I learned a while back was setting the evironment variable FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=1 . Most ftp clients see it and adapt accordingly. I had a couple of FreeBSD boxes behind a firewall a while back and it was the easiest way to get stuff in the ports collection to 'make' ;) Charles / cpm@yoonax.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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