Hello, Searched www.whatis.com and got this Passive FTP :
Passive FTP (sometimes referred to as PASV FTP because it involves the FTP PASV command) is a more secure form of data transfer in which the flow of data is set up and initiated by the File Transfer Program (FTP) client rather than by the FTP server program (as the case is in the default Active FTP connection process). Separate FTP client programs, such as WS_FTP Pro, usually allow the user to select passive FTP. Most Web browsers (which act as FTP clients) use passive FTP by default because corporations prefer it as a safety measure. As a general rule, any coprorate firewall server, which exists in order to protect an internal network from the outside world, recognizes input from the outside only in response to user requests that were sent out requesting the input. The use of passive FTP ensures all data flow initiation comes from inside the network rather than from the outside. HTH. VaibhaV On Wed, 19 Dec 2001 12:15:59 +0200 "Sundari KuSumam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 05:45:03PM +0800, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > > > > That's the standard ftp in Debian Potato - which does support passive > > ftp I believe. > > Thanks for the help. making it passive solved the problem > What is the difference between passive and active mode? > > Also a related query > I want to limit access to certain services such as yahoo > messenger to one or two machine What is he best way? > > TIA > Su _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
