Taming the ipchains would be difficult, for a complicated protocoal like ftp, try passive off (on squid.conf, which shall send ftp requests in non- passive mode. and ftp through the squid port (3128). also you can chenge the user name of ftp connections the default is squid, on squid.cont to anonymous, use ftp user anonymous, refer to the squid manuals for more details.
let us know on the results. REGARDS Yayati. --- Rajendra Rait <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Gurus, > > I am using Red Hat Linux 7.0 which acts as an proxy > server(Transparent Squid), and firewall > server(Ipchains). I use > dial-up connection. My problem is whenever i connect > to an ftp site my > get this error:- > > ~ Login completed. > > PORT 10,1,11,11,8,230 > < 500 Illegal PORT Command > ~ Could not retrieve directory listing for "/" > ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Insurance Special: Be informed on the best policies, services, tools and more. Go to: http://in.insurance.yahoo.com/licspecial/index.html -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

