As for my request for documentation, it was mainly for -----------
Q: Should all FTP connections be passive (y|n) ?
<quote> One way visibility ... So for these types of firewall FTP connec- tions need to be done in a passive mode. ... IP Masquerade </quote>
----- But I'm not doing IP Masquerading. Wondering whether this applies.
--As for the rest, it is mine.
Well, if you are having problems I'd say yes. ;-)
FTP has issues with firewalls. (The design doesn't work well with them.) If you are behind a firewall you probably only can do 'passive' ftp. Either that or you can do both passive and active, so if there is a question I'd set all to passive. (Well, for user side anyway...)
I'm not sure I'm making sense (sleeep...), so here it is again: If you can do FTP you can do passive FTP (90% of time). You may be able to do more, but doing only passive won't hurt you (at least not much). When in doubt, just stick to passive.
Daniel T. Staal
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