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   Message 324 of 1,697   
   mark lewis to ED KOON   
   Wildcat Anonymous FTP   
   12 Feb 17 17:38:10   
   
    On 2017 Feb 12 12:44:30, you wrote to me:   
      
    EK>>> Trying to figure a way to redirect the ftp port. These new browsers   
    EK>>> do 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...   
      
    EK> Probably more trouble than it's worth, especially since some browsers   
    EK> block a command to web browse an ftp directory:   
    EK> http://bbs.docsplace.org:21 Firefix and Chrome brings up a port   
    EK> specific request blocked message.   
      
   you can't http to ftp anyway... there has to be a http server there... you can   
   ftp to it, though...   
      
      
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