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Re: Bug#23417: apt: possible problem with passive ftp mode



Hi,

	The default apt ftp method does not use Passive mode. To be
 doubly sure, just set the FTP_PASSIVE environment variable to 0.

	manoj


FTP(1)         User Contributed Perl Documentation         FTP(1)


NAME
         ftp - The plug in FTP method for APT


SYNOPSIS
         % ftp FTP_URI file [[FTP_URI file]...]

CONFIGURATION
       Since there are things like proxy firewalls which one
       needs to configure for, this method allows for
       configuration data to be entered in the file
       /etc/apt/ftp.conf. Comments in thet file start with '#'
       and blank lines are ignored.

       The syntax of the file is VARIABLE=Value. Please note that
       quotes are not required.

       The set of currently understood variables is

[SNIP SNIP]

           Passive - If set to true then all data transfers will
           be done using passive mode. This is required for some
           dumb servers, and some firewall configurations.  This
           can also be set by the environment variable
           FTP_PASSIVE.

26/May/98              perl 5.004, patch 04                     1
FTP(1)         User Contributed Perl Documentation         FTP(1)

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