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|    ED KOON to MARK LEWIS    |
|    RE: Wildcat Anonymous FTP    |
|    12 Feb 17 12:44:30    |
      On Feb 12, 2017 11:56am, MARK LEWIS wrote to ED KOON:              EK>> Trying to figure a way to redirect the ftp port. These new browsers do       EK>> not allow accessing domain:21 due to security.              ML> ummm... they should... the problem is that ftp uses more than one       ML> port... there's a command port and some data ports... your firewall       ML> needs to be able to handle the redirect as well as associating       ML> connections with ftp and adjusting their ports, too... passive and       ML> active ftp also come into play... sometimes one works and the other       ML> not... especially with NAT involved... there is no redirection       ML> capability like with http, either...              Probably more trouble than it's worth, especially since some browsers block a       command to web browse an ftp directory: http://bbs.docsplace.org:21       Firefix and Chrome brings up a port specific request blocked message.              Here is a list of ports Mozilla Blocks:       https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Mozilla_Port_Blocking              ... Message Online or QWK With Our Web Interface!       --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5        * Origin: Fido Since 1991 BBS.DOCSPLACE.ORG (1:123/140)    |
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