Le 2000-07-17 18:36:52 +0200, Sven Burgener �crivait : > On Mon, Jul 17, 2000 at 01:11:15PM +0200, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: > > > On Mon, 17 Jul 2000 11:32:41 +0200 (CEST), Rickard Lind wrote: > > >connection to send the file(s). A "mere" packet filter > > >cannot handle this which I believe is why the Linux > > >kernel has a FTP module to handle this. I'm not sure > > Yes, the story of active and passive FTP. > > > This is correct. It works pretty well, I used to use the FTP IP > > masquerading > > module for quite some time, and had only smallish problems. > > The module; is it for allowing active or passive FTP transfers?
If I am not mistaken, this module will allow active ftp transfers, by recognising the ftp-data connexion associated with the ftp connexion (provided you use the connexion tracking mechanism). -- Jean-Philippe Gu�rard
