On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 03:50:09PM +0100, Artur Frysiak wrote: > > When a server listens the port 990, it is assumed that it uses protected > > data transfers by default (see draft-murray-auth-ftp-ssl-05.txt, "Initial > > Data Connection Security" subsection). This particular server does not > > follow this convention. > > But according to: > http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-murray-auth-ftp-ssl-15.txt > section "10. Data Connection Security" > subsection "Initial Data Connection Security" > say: > The initial state of the data connection MUST be 'Clear' (this is > the behaviour as indicated by [RFC-2228].)
But this version of the draft (15) does not say a word about connections to secure ftp port 990. This method was declared obsolete and all references were removed. Anyway, if you provide a patch to make lftp compatible with this broken server, I'll probably apply it. -- Alexander.
