Re: bin/56129 (ftp(1) should keep control session duringlargexfer)

[RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>]

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From: RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>
To: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, lukem%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: bin/56129 (ftp(1) should keep control session duringlargexfer)
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2021 20:31:39 +0000 (UTC)

 On Thu, 24 Jun 2021, Izumi Tsutsui wrote:
 
 > The similar timeout occured 6minsq or 8 mins so there might be
 > more conditions, but anyway I'll try reproduce on slower machines
 > or large files.
 > https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E3uicvFUUAYQ85j.jpg
 > https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E3uspBhUYAIFURZ.jpg
 >
 
 Hmm, now I wonder if you have the same problem that I have: an
 overly aggressive FTP NAT timeout (my timeouts are pretty consistent:
 ~30 mins).  Can you do a tcpdump of port 21?
 
 In any case, ftp(1) will have to be modified to either:
 a) send periodic keepalive commands during long xfers, or
 b) for non-nteractive xfers, re-connect and fetch the rest of the
     files in a list. (Most of the code for this is already there;
     just needs a bit of re-arrangement.)
 
 -RVP