Hi Daniel! Passive mode means that the server behaves passively.
Traffic to an ftp server works as follows: Client (Port 1024-65535) initiates a connection to Server (usually port 21, but cinfigurable) Now: active: Server opens a data connection (backwards) from Port 20 to client (1024-65535) OR: passive: Client opens data connection (from port 1024-65535) to server (port 1024-65535). That means in passive mode all connections are initiated from the cliend inside the firewall. Often, firewalls don´t allow any incoming connections (i.e. the SYN-bit may not be set). Daniel de los Reyes schrieb: > > Can somebody explain what Passive mode is, so maybe I can understand my way > out of this? > > ______________________________ > Daniel de los Reyes > S2-Selling Soluciones > Valencia Spain > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Powered by Debian GNU-Linux 2.2r2 > ______________________________ > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- Norman Schmidt Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg cand.chem. Sysadmin Wohnheimnetzwerk RatNET mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
