Re: ftp through firewall

In article <E3Qme.13137$w21.7102@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>,
dkelloway@commodon.com says...
> "Casey" <casey@notspecified.net> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1d04f64d2ec33f50989681@news.east.earthlink.net...
> > In article <1117408789.814126.317240@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
> > demon.rebel77@gmail.com says...
> >> Just a question -
> >>
> >> When your talking about the higher port numbers this is for the PASV
> >> mode? Do you have to have PASV mode active or allowed on the server or
> >> the client?
> >>
> >> Basically I am asking - why do you use the PASV mode on the FTP
> >> transfers?
> >>
> >> Thanx,
> >>
> >> Demon
> >>
> >>
> > My FTP downloaders are set for Active FTP. That is why I said
> > I seldom use my posted rule 3 which accomodates Passive FTP.
> > Casey
>
>
>
> You may want to read the following:
>
> "The difference between PASV FTP and Normal FTP"
> http://war.jgaa.com/ftp/?cmd=show_page&ID=ftp_pasv
>
> It may provide some insight into the issue you're encountering.
>
>
Thanks Don, good info. This supplements the FTP descriptions
at the "Active FTP vs Passive FTP" site mentioned above.
Casey
Received on Thu Sep 29 19:53:34 2005