On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 03:03:55PM -0800, Vahid Pazirandeh wrote: > I am doing FXP between two sites using the 'mirror' command. I noticed that > lftp sends 'PROT P' before its dir listing (which is correct), but when it > wants to transfer a file, it issues 'PROT C' _before_ it sends PASV/PORT, and > then it sends STOR/RETR. That means the last PASV/PORT commands were not > encrypted, correct?
No. PASV and PORT commands are transferred over control connection which is encrypted all the time (if AUTH was used), independent of PROT setting. -- Alexander.
