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Date:      Fri, 11 May 2001 10:58:47 -0500
From:      Tony Wells <awells@journalstar.com>
To:        Artem Koutchine <matrix@ipform.ru>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Allow rules for ipfw for active ftp
Message-ID:  <3AFC0C37.5AD65CC2@journalstar.com>
References:  <001c01c0d9fe$f897ea80$0c00a8c0@ipform.ru>

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I you need to open up ports 49152 - 65535.  You can read the ftpd man
page for more info.

Artem Koutchine wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Is it possive to allow active (as opposite to passive)
> ftp connection using ipfw rules? I put my local network
> behind a restrictive firewall (everything is denied by
> default) and now i must form allow rules to allow
> ftp connections. For passive connection everything is
> ok (client connect to server on 21, servers tell where
> to connect for data, client connect to server on that
> port) but for active connections server must connect
> to client on the port that client told the server. I think
> I understood ftp protocol right. I cannot imaging
> ipfw tules to allow the second (active) case. MAybe
> someone has done it?
> 
> Artem
> 
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