Re: ftp masq on non standard ports not working
On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 11:24:06AM +0100, Raffael Ferenc wrote:
> There are 2 ways to establish an ftp connection: active and passive mode.
See http://www.freefire.org/articles/ftpexample.php3
> Workaround: definiive passive mode. In passive mode the connection attempt is
> done _everytime_ by the client, and so the server resposes are not masqed.
> (or at least not to an unidentified port) At a number of ftp servers you have
> the possibility to select the passive ports to connect to (I prefer proftpd),
> and the ip address it is considering itself to be at.
Note: even in pasiv mode the masq module makes sence, since it tracks data
connections and keeps the control connection alive. This is useful for long
running up/downloads.
> PS1: imho the ip_masq_ftp is only working for port 21, so you have to use a
> patched version, or you may use rinetd instead of ipmasqadm.
Nope, it is a module parameter
Greetings
Bernd
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