[plug] ftp problem

[Ben Kelly]

Open ports 1024><65535 for passive ftp sessions



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On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Carl Gherardi wrote:

> I've had this problem.
>
> It is possible to configure an ftp server to only communicate using only one
> or the other, mostly due to various exploits available using both active and
> passive modes. To the best of my knowledge windows boxen all use active mode
> unless configured otherwise.
>
> Otherwise it's a firewall issue
>
> Hope that helps
>
> Carl
>
> > On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 06:02, Jon Miller wrote:
> > > I have a site where they cannot get any return data from an ftp site.
> > > I've noticed that in active mode it's fine, but in passive mode it does
> > > not work.  I've open ports 20/21 tcp/udp and this still does not work.
> > > It's trying to connect to a WNT4 ftp server.
> > > Any suggestions
>
>