Subject: Re: ipnat ftp proxy: any news?
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Matthias Scheler <tron@zhadum.de>
List: current-users
Date: 09/05/2004 16:06:28
On Sun, Sep 05, 2004 at 02:05:46PM +0200, Pelle Johansson wrote:
> >2.) Even if the FTP server supports passive connections the FTP client
> >    might later decide to use active connections(*).
> In that case it is broken, and the FTP server should not allow it. 
> Quote RFC 2428:
> 
> "Upon receipt of an EPSV ALL command, the server MUST reject all data 
> connection setup commands other than EPSV"

Interesting, I didn't know that. But most FTP server unfortunately don't
support "EPSV ALL" but only "PASV". 

	Kind regards

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Matthias Scheler                                  http://scheler.de/~matthias/