Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 01:48:54 -0400 From: Bob Perry <rperry@gti.net> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Examples of IPFtest? Message-ID: <1127195334.777.9.camel@homey.my.domain> In-Reply-To: <44vf0xi0tn.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <1127014665.1597.21.camel@homey.my.domain> <44vf0xi0tn.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 10:33 -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Bob Perry <rperry@gti.net> writes: > > > Recently set up a firewall using ipf and apparently ran into a problem > > with FTP sites. Received error, "No route to host" while fetching files > > located on ftp sites during portupgrade and also was unable to open the > > FreeBSD FTP Server (550 Could not accept passive data connection-timed > > out.) Had no problem once I disabled the firewall. > > > > I noticed there was a test utility called ipftest available but the man > > page didn't help me understand how it functions. Has anyone utilized > > this utility? Is there a site that is more informative than the man > > page? > > > > In the mean time, I do remember scanning an article on active FTP vs > > passive FTP which may be a good "next step" given the browser error > > message 550. > > The ipf section in the Handbook has a whole subsection on dealing with FTP. Read a lot today and when I went back to the handbook, everything seemed to fall into place. Not sure I understand it all yet, but... Thanks, Bob
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