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Date:      08 Jun 1999 20:49:10 +0200
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
To:        Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
Cc:        fpscha@via-net-works.net.ar (Fernando Schapachnik), freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Passive FTP
Message-ID:  <xzp7lpettnd.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: Archie Cobbs's message of "Tue, 8 Jun 1999 11:14:33 -0700 (PDT)"
References:  <199906081814.LAA57994@bubba.whistle.com>

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Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> writes:
> Fernando Schapachnik writes:
> > 	Anyone has a sample on how to set up ipfw to permit passive FTP 
> > conections to the server? In my architecture the FTP server is 
> > firewalling itself.
> Simple... find out what client port ranges your FTP server uses (see
> the -U option to ftpd(8)) and then open your firewall to allow incoming
> TCP packets (including setup packets) to this port range on your server.

The description of the -U option in the ftpd(8) man page is
misleading. The actual range is defined by sysctl variables (which
default to the values given in the ftpd(8) man page); see ip(4).

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no


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