Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 12:42:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> To: "Mark S. Reichman" <reichman@twcny.rr.com> Cc: Mike <mike@rockatronic.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=YES ???? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10005281239470.21575-100000@shell.uniserve.ca> In-Reply-To: <392FD34A.7DD13055@twcny.rr.com>
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On Sat, 27 May 2000, Mark S. Reichman wrote: > in the login.conf? I must admit I dont entirely understand what passive > mode is, but I have never needed it or used it in all my years of .. > this necassary? I preferred the old behavior. From some one who knows, using passive mode by default is better because it will work in more situations than active mode. I've seen some on this list state that passive mode is slower than active mode. Not so. Bytes are bytes. The only difference between active and passive is which end starts the transfer. Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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