In article <pine.bsf.4.03.9905271100280.16577-100...@resnet.uoregon.edu>, Doug White <dwh...@resnet.uoregon.edu> wrote:
> I second the suggestion to 'autoprobe' PASV support, and revert to active > mode (w/ an appropriate msg) if PASV is refused. That won't be a good solution in practice. When passive mode doesn't work, it's almost always because a firewall on the server side is blocking the incoming data connection. The client doesn't see a refusal; its connect() call just times out. The trouble is, the timeout takes a long time (on the order of a minute or more). John -- John Polstra j...@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Self-interest is the aphrodisiac of belief." -- James V. DeLong To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
