On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 11:47:10PM -0700, plug bert wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Please correct my understanding of passive ftp:
> basically the host initiates contact with the client
> using another port(other than 21), right? But is this
> (server)port necessarily 1024 and above?
>
Of course. If it were a port less than 1024, the client as well as
the server would need to have the ability to bind service ports,
meaning that all FTP clients as well as servers (this includes web
browsers and download tools like wget) would need to be installed
setuid root.
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