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on 10/8/00 2:25 PM, Ryan Walters at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Sun, 08 Oct 2000 13:28:52 -0400, you wrote:
>
>> We've got an internal FTP server running ProFTPD-1.2.0pre10 on Linux behind
>> a DSL/Cable router firewall. We have many computer-illiterate clients who
>> connect with passive FTP: 1. AOL users; 2. Netscape users; 3. Users behind
>> corporate firewalls.
>>
>> It's my understanding that passive FTP on the client's end tries to initiate
>> connections on higher ports (not 20, 21) and that the port assignment varies
>> from system to system, so it's very hard to know which ports to open up.
>
> Which kernel are you running? I have successfully gotten pasv to work
> to a ftp server behind a linux firewall running kernel 2.2.14. There
> are two replacement files for ip_masq_app.c and ip_masq_ftp.c if I
> remember correctly. If you are running 2.2.14, I can email you the
> files. There was also a patch for kernel 2.2.18preX, I think, I
> don't remember exactly, as I am still using .14.
>
2.2.17pre16 on this system. Though I've also tested on 2.2.18prex with the
same results.
I'll go back to 2.2.14 if it can work.
--
Randy Perry
rgp systems
Mac Consulting/Sales
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