On 13 November 2009 c. 08:30:30 Satadru Pramanik wrote:
> I upgraded an OpenBSD firewall from 4.4 -> 4.5 -> 4.6 in one go, and
> am noticing that the ftp-proxy is only working sporadically. I keep
> getting "Can't build data connection: illegal port number" errors when
> attempting to ftp from a machine inside a NAT to a machine outside the
> NAT. I thought this was a problem with the ftp-proxy settings, but
> I've tried both ftp-proxy with and without the "-r" option. I have
> this problem when connecting several different ftp servers, including
> ftp.openbsd.org.
>
> It is strange. It seems that every 3rd connection or so seems to
> work. The pf.conf has been setup with the anchor rules as per the man
> page. The fact that every so many attempts at a connection DOES work
> makes me think that perhaps my setup is correct.
>
> Any ideas? This was working properly in 4.4.
The first thing will be to show your pf.conf...
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