Dave, Geez... I hear you about FTP in active/passive mode. I spent 3 hours this week just wrestling with a setup for a customer who does everything through a home office - meaning a SOHO firewall and freeware FTP server on XP home (ick!). That passive mode is the devil to configure through NAT and the standard ports on low-end network equipment. And the ISP rules for residential wreak havoc with FTP as well (I'm sure they love home users running FTP - ha).
-Mark -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 9:33 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: RDS Plugin for Eclipse? > > Oh, and tell your server people they're stupid. ;) > > I just unloaded a mouthful of diet coke onto my screen. LOL > > They allow RDS and not FTP.. Too funny. As a stupid server guy myself, I have two things to say about this. First, most server administrators allow RDS because they don't know anything about it. There aren't any RDS-specific ports, and RDS is enabled by default. Second, RDS is a bit easier to secure in some respects. FTP is a pain in the ass, when it comes to setting up firewall rules. It behaves differently in active and passive modes, and each mode has its own problems. RDS is just plain ol' HTTP - easy to secure, easy to block, and so on. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:217190 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
