On Sunday 01 July 2007 19:58, Camiel Dobbelaar wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Jul 2007, Chris Cohen wrote:
> > according to http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/ftp.html i've setup ftp-proxy
> > and changed my pf.conf. A client on the extern interface of the firewall
> > can upload files, use passive and active mode. But fxp transfers (server
> > to server) doesn't work. My ftpserver (vsftpd) on the host behind the
> > firewall doesn't tell me anything but:
> > Sun Jul  1 18:11:27 2007 [pid 3929] [chris] FAIL UPLOAD:
> > Client "10.1.3.1", "/home/chris/README.MIRRORING-US", 0.00Kbyte/sec
> > Doesn't ftp-proxy support fxp transvers in reverse mode?
>
> No, this entry in the manpage CAVEAT section applies:
>
>      The negotiated IP address for active modes is ignored for security
>      reasons.  This makes third party file transfers impossible.
>
> I do have plans to make ftp-proxy optionally allow negotiated IP
> addresses, but I'm a bit busy at the moment, so don't hold your breath.
>
I read the manpage but as it seems a bit too fast...
Is there a workarround (without ftp-proxy)?
If I just rdr the ports I will run into trouble with passive mode I think as 
I'm doing nat.

-- 
Greetings
Chris

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