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  From: David Fitch <davidf@parachilna.com>
  To  : LinuxSA <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: 07 May 2002 22:14:13 +0930

Re: Firewall and FTP'ing

On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 18:17, Wayne Simes wrote:
> I have opened up ports 20 and 21 to allow for ftp'ing through to the 
> server, but I have noticed in the logs that the client is trying to 
> make connections to ports up in the 3000 and 6000 range. I don't
> really want to open up a whole range of port just to allow the
> odd person to connect.
> 
> What should I be doing to try and get around this problem ?

yes it sucks, I've never found a satisfactory solution.
The best workaround for me is use passive ftp (ie. 'pas'
command in ftp).

Dave.

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