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Re: Passive FTP

From: Joerg Zimmermann <j.zimmermann () xsiteing de>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 22:48:35 +0200

Hi,

Roberto Alcantara wrote:

Guys, to able my FTP users in passive mode need I realy accept in my
firewall connections from 1024-65535 ports ?


no, you don't. Passive FTP means that the FTP-Server is not
initiating a connection. That's the meaning of passiv, the client is
initiating the connection.

-Joerg

Current thread:

RE: Passive FTP Jensen, Peter (Jun 01)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Passive FTP Abdurrahman Beyazaslan (Jun 01)
- RE: Passive FTP Alexandre Skyrme (Jun 01)
- Re: Passive FTP Frankie Li (Jun 01)
- RE: Passive FTP David Gillett (Jun 01)
- Re: Passive FTP Joerg Zimmermann (Jun 01)
- Re: Passive FTP Glenn English (Jun 01)
- RE: Passive FTP Tim.BUTTON (Jun 01)
  - RE: Passive FTP Roberto Alcantara (Jun 01)
- Re: Passive FTP Michael Gale (Jun 01)
- Re: Passive FTP Ashish Popli (Jun 01)
- Re: Passive FTP Alexander Klimov (Jun 01)
- Re: Passive FTP eli (Jun 06)