Sounds to me like the Microsoft FTP client does not
support passive mode. I get that all the time here at
work. Get a different FTP program that supports
passive mode and it will work.

Kevin



--- NetBSD Mailing-List <netbsd@kevcom.ca> wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Sep 2001, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> 
> > Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 22:40:54 -0400
> > From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@research.att.com>
> > To: henry nelson <netb@irm.nara.kindai.ac.jp>
> > Cc: netbsd-users@netbsd.org
> > Subject: Re: IPF, IPNAT, and FTP data connections 
> > 
> > In message
> <20010928101110.A16550@irm.nara.kindai.ac.jp>, henry
> nelson writes:
> > >On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 10:28:33AM -0400, NetBSD
> Mailing-List wrote:
> > >> ftp> dir
> > >> 200 PORT command successful.
> > >> 425 Can't build data connection: Connection
> refused.
> > >[...]
> > >> Any suggestions as to why this setup is
> failing?  ipfstat -ih shows no
> > >
> > >I've come to the conclusion that it is the
> server's setup that is causing
> > >this problem.  If you are connected with
> > >        "ftp.netbsd.org FTP server (NetBSD-ftpd
> 20010417) ready."
> > >or a like server (most netbsd repositories), it
> always fails in this manner.
> > >Most other ftp servers work fine for me.  All I
> can recommend is to find a
> > >mirror that is not using NetBSD's ftpd.
> > >
> > >To test my theory, try:
> > >        "isrv4.isc.org FTP server (Version
> wu-2.6.1(5)"
> > >This and all other "wu" servers work great from
> here.
> > >
> > >henry nelson
> > >
> > I missed the original post, but it sounds like the
> old clash between 
> > (some) Checkpoint firewalls and NetBSD's ftpd.  Is
> the client behind a 
> > Checkpoint firewall?
> 
> The clients are running command line Microshaft FTP
> behind a NetBSD
> firewall using standard IPNAT and IPF filters.
> 
> > 
> > 		--Steve Bellovin,
> http://www.research.att.com/~smb
> > 				  http://www.wilyhacker.com
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> Kevin
> 


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