Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 12:27:20 +0100 From: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> To: Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@teledomenet.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: configuring fetch to passive mode Message-ID: <441A9D18.7060102@locolomo.org> In-Reply-To: <200603171310.42917.nvass@teledomenet.gr> References: <441A9250.10103@locolomo.org> <200603171310.42917.nvass@teledomenet.gr>
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Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: > On Friday 17 March 2006 12:41, Erik Norgaard wrote: >> Hi: >> >> This ought to be a configuration tunable, but I can't find any >> documentaion on it: How to I force fetch to use passive mode? >> >> When I try "make fetch" of some port I get: >> >> => Attempting to fetch from \ >> ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/. >> fetch: \ ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/file: \ >> Operation not permitted >> >> It fails quickly, no sign of things timing out. >> >> In my firewall (pf), I have >> >> block in quick on $ext_if all > > You block everything that comes in from your external interface. > The "quick" keyword means that the search ends there. So you > no incoming traffic passes... Incomming connections yes, but I have keep state on outgoing, that's why passive ftp should work while active fail. Otherwise I would have problems with all kinds of traffic but I don't. Thanks, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: www.locolomo.org S/MIME Certificate: www.daemonsecurity.com/ca/8D03551FFCE04F06.crt Subject ID: 9E:AA:18:E6:94:7A:91:44:0A:E4:DD:87:73:7F:4E:82:E7:08:9C:72 Fingerprint: 5B:D5:1E:3E:47:E7:EC:1C:4C:C8:3A:19:CC:AE:14:F5:DF:18:0F:B9
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