RE: Windows XP and FTP

["Daniel Jimenez" <djimenez () teknicaitg com>]

Hi,

Has this computer experienced anything else unusual?  I have seen
similar things when trying to ftp into servers when the hard drives have
suffered some abuse (due to extreme temperatures, or abrupt power
failures).

If this is the case, your OS or Filesystem could possibly be corrupted.

Daniel Jimenez

-----Original Message-----
From: Hamish Stanaway [mailto:koremeltdown () hotmail com] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 9:17 PM
To: mike_sha () shaw ca; nick () mobilia it; bugtraq () planetcobalt net
Cc: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: RE: Windows XP and FTP

Hi there Mike,

I have tried this, however get the same result - it tells me I do not
have 
permission to access the folder.



Kindest of regards,

Hamish Stanaway, CEO

Absolute Web Hosting / -= KoRe WoRkS =- Internet Security
Auckland, New Zealand

http://www.webhosting.net.nz
http://www.buywebhosting.co.nz
http://www.koreworks.com





> From: Mike Fetherston <mike_sha () shaw ca>
> To: 'Hamish Stanaway' <koremeltdown () hotmail com>, nick () mobilia it, 
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> Subject: RE: Windows XP and FTP
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> Why not just use IE's built-in ftp capabilities?  You can set it to
passive
> mode by going to Tools > Options > Advanced and ticking off "Use
Passive
> FTP".  Then it's just a simple matter of typing in ftp://ftp.host.com
in 
> the
> address bar and supplying your credentials.
>
> Mike Fetherston
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Hamish Stanaway [mailto:koremeltdown () hotmail com]
> > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 3:37 AM
> > To: nick () mobilia it; bugtraq () planetcobalt net
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> > Subject: Re: Windows XP and FTP
> >
> > Thanks so much Nick,
> >
> > This is too what I thought - however I was hoping for a work around,
or
> > patch to fix this issue - it is going to be hard to explain to every
> > client
> > I have using XP that they will have to disable their firewalls - 
> hopefully
> > someone can shed some light on this issue for both of us.
> >
> >
> >
> > Kindest of regards,
> >
> > Hamish Stanaway, CEO
> >
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> >
> >
> >
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> > > From: nick <nick () mobilia it>
> > > To: Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>
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> > > Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers wrote:
> > > > On 2006-01-10 koremeltdown () hotmail com wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I have Windows XP (as do many of my clients) and have noticed
> > > > > something strange. When trying to access my server(s) via FTP,
when
> > > > > Windows (XP Pro) Firewall is turned on, you cannot perform this
task.
> > > > > Sometimes it has problems resolving the hostname, sometimes it
just
> > > > > doesn't connect at all. When disabling Windows Firewall FTP works
> > > > > fine, however when just enabling FTP Access via the firewall
> > > > > configuration it doesn't seem to want to work. My XP using
clients
> > > > > seem to be having the same problem.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Looks like you (and your clients) are using FTP in active mode. In

> that
> > > > case the FTP server tries to establish the data connection to the 
> client
> > > > which is then intercepted by the Windows Firewall. Try using
passive
> > > > mode.
> > > >
> > > > If you use the commandline FTP client: ftp.exe from Windows does
only
> > > > support active mode IIRC, so use something like ncftp [1] instead.
> > > >
> > > > [1] http://www.ncftp.com/
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > > Ansgar Wiechers
> > > I just dealt with a user who was unable to connect with XP and
FTPX, 
> but
> > if
> > > they used the command line, it worked just fine. PASV mode didn't
seem 
> to
> > > make any difference. It's almost like the XP firewall doesn't keep
ftp
> > > states. I use an iptables firewall to connect to the server
(proftpd) 
> and
> > > have 0 problems. When I had the user disable the windows firewall,
it
> > > connected immediately. It's a recent problem, I have a feeling that
MS
> > > changed the behaviour of the firewall recently, perhaps
inadvertantly?
> > > I recommended that the user try another firewall, but this seems
like 
> an
> > > MS problem...
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