Re: iptables, ftp and dnat?

[Rob de Graaf <rdegraaf@rdegraaf.nl>]

On Fri, 2008-12-05 at 18:35 +0100, Robert L. Harris wrote:
>                              From: 
> Robert L. Harris
> <robert.l.harris@gmail.com>
>                                To: 
> debian-user@lists.debian.org
> <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
>                           Subject: 
> iptables, ftp and dnat?
>                              Date: 
> Fri, 5 Dec 2008 18:35:47 +0100
> (19:35 EET)

> Help...   I have the following in my firewall startup script:

> I am trying to forward public internet ftp traffic to a machine behind
> my firewall.   Anyone have
> this working?  Mine is failing and I have no real debug info to
> explain why....
> 
> Robert

Did you think about that FTP re-connects back?

Hence, use passive FTP:
$ ftp -p some.domain

Best,

Rob