A value higher like 40 can solve problems. ex: - There are some public ftp servers missconfigurated who use ident protocol and wait 30 seconds on ident port before sending banner. With the default connect_timeout value, it is not possible to connect to theses servers with fw filtering ident port. With a higher value, it will succeed - It can be also usefull to change these value and set it to a lower value in order to drop these kind of servers quickly.
That's why I think adding a knob can be usefull. Remco, I read this page, but has I don't see a lot of trafic on tech mailing list, I prefered asking here. But thanks :) I will make the patch simple, and propose it on tech. Thierry On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Remco <re...@d-compu.dyndns.org> wrote: > Tiery DENYS wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I would like to propose a patch for ftp-proxy. This patch implement an > > option concerning specific timeout (connect_timeout). > > It add an option for setting connect_timeout variable while starting > > ftp-proxy (this variable is currently set to 30 in code). Setting this > > variable to another value can solve many troubles with some ftp server. > > > > How and where can I propose my patch? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Thierry > > I don't know if you read http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html. > > I think the tech mailing list is the right place. > Your patch should be inlined in the mail.
