[LUAU] ftp

[bbraun at sparcy.synack.net]

Yes, you need to use passive ftp.  Non passive ftp, the remote
machine opens up a new connection to the client machine.  That
just doesn't work too well with ip masq.  Passive ftp is better,
that is what web browsers default to.

Rob

On Thursday, Mar 1999 at 16:38:25 Myles Uyema wrote: 
 | On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, Danny Lapitan wrote:
 | 
 | > anyone know how a masq'd machine can ftp to a non-default port? 
 | 
 | As far as I can tell, you can ftp just fine from a masqueraded machine,
 | even if the port is not 21.  Just to be safe, I load the ip_masq_ftp
 | module up on boot, and sometimes use the PASSIVE option on the ftp
 | client in order to make successful connections.
 | 
 | Myles
 | 
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