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Date:      Sun, 3 Jun 2001 10:58:21 +0800
From:      James Lim <evilfry@sg.freebsd.org>
To:        "Thierry Black" <thierryblack@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FTP and firewall--HELP
Message-ID:  <01060310582100.56148@evilfry.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <F1962m9lHiu3fQtYdVz00001ff6@hotmail.com>
References:  <F1962m9lHiu3fQtYdVz00001ff6@hotmail.com>

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Hi Thierry,

=09I am not soo sure about the stockk ftp client. But i use pureftpd, whi=
ch=20
helps me specify the port range that would be used for passive transfer m=
ode=20
( if clients enable ) i would then use the port range in my firewall rule=
s as=20
well



On Sunday 03 June 2001 08:27, Thierry Black wrote:
> help please kind people! :)
>
> I need to set up a FTP serever, no virtual hosts, no anon, just user
> accounts. User accounts need to be chrooted (/etc/ftpchroot works fine)=
=2E
> For those requirements, the stock daemon works fine, but I can't firewa=
ll
> the freaking thing to save my life.
>
> But without opening virtually all ports 1024 and up, how can I effectiv=
ely
> use FTP in a firewall? I seem to be able to get connections to work, bu=
t
> any PASSIVE transfers fail due to blocked ports. Disabling the firewall
> corrects the problem. Non-passive transfers also work, but too many cli=
ents
> enable passive mode by default.
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Regards,
James Lim
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