Re: enabling FTP passive mode?

From: John Doe (fluffy_at_fed.up.of.spam.so.i.made.this.up)
Date: 02/04/04 

Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 09:35:34 +0000 (UTC)

In article <3a1d1813.0402021252.10ea7e70@posting.google.com>, LRW wrote:
> Normally I use SSH to x-files, but I have one remote tool that needs
> to send a periodic file to a machine and it's only choice is FTP.
> So, I set up the Linksys router to port forward 21 to the receiving
> PC, but whenever I try to FTP into it, I get the message:
>
> 227 Entering Passive Mode ((IP number),163,252)
> LIST -aL
>
> 425 Security: Bad IP connecting.

You need some kind of ftp_connection_tracking module of some kind if you
are port forwarding FTP requests since the port command will need
modifying by the firewall so that it contains the modified address.

Does Linksys support FTP connection tracking?

HTH,

Fluffy 

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woof woof

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