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|    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...                     )\/(ark              Always Mount a Scratch Monkey       Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it       wrong...       ... Caution: Do not operate PC while intoxicated.       ---        * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)    |
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