At 12:40 PM 20/09/01 +1200, Gordon Smith wrote:
Thats why passive FTP is used instead. Active FTP won't work in most networks now. NAT is done at the border firewall/router
Since when does Active FTP not work in most networks ? News to me :) Why would a user want their ISP's border router deciding that they can no longer use PORT mode FTP ? (Or any other arbitrary restriction) No thanks. Regards, Simon
Besides, some protocols like FTP (in PORT mode) initiate the data connection from the _server_ end to the client even though the initial connection and request of the file has come from the client. So "customer initiated data" is a meaningless concept.
Regards, Simon
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