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Date:      28 May 1999 14:04:10 +0200
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FTP passive mode - a new default?
Message-ID:  <xzppv3lo0xx.fsf@localhost.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: "Jordan K. Hubbard"'s message of "Wed, 26 May 1999 03:50:21 -0700"
References:  <16256.927715821@zippy.cdrom.com>

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"Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> writes:
> Unless I hear unanimous fierce outcry against it, I'm strongly
> considering making FTP_PASSIVE_MODE obsolete by virtue of being the
> default for all tools/libraries which currently examine it.
> FTP_ACTIVE_MODE will be the new flag for toggling the previous
> behavior.

I agree that passive mode should be the default. I do not agree that
the tools should be changed to reflect this. I suggest that we instead
set FTP_PASSIVE_MODE to YES in some suitable place (e.g. /etc/profile,
/etc/cshrc).

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


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