Re: linux firewall (configuring ports)

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From: Marc Eggenberger
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 00:00

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In article <38a3022b@pfaff.ethz.ch>, andy@vis.ethz.ch says...
> Al Kooz <kooz@gmx.net> wrote:
> > Hi everybody
> 
> > a few (like the www, ircd, news and pop and the like). Now, everything
> > is working, just that whenever I try to connect to an FTP server, the
> > server tries to open a port back on my firewall (for whatever reason).
> > Of course, since everything is closed, I can't get connected. Thus I
> > cannot use FTP at all. Can anybody tell me how to do that, for it to
> > work ?
> 
> There are two ftp modes: active and passive. One of them (unfortunately, I
> don't know which one) reconnects to your machine, the other one does not.
> So all you have to do is to find out, does not connect back and change it

he must use passive mode on his ftp-client

-- 
mfg
Eggenberger Marc

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Date: 2000/02/10
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