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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!lucy.swin.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.apfel.de!univ-lyon1.fr!fdn.fr!r2d2.fdn.org!sphynx.fdn.fr!causse From: causse@sphynx.fdn.fr (Philippe Causse) Subject: Re: Does ftp.freebsd.com support passive FTP? X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Organization: individual - paris - france Message-ID: <EALAq0.no@sphynx.fdn.fr> References: <mvhEAL3rr.Fqv@netcom.com> Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 15:51:36 GMT Lines: 16 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41455 Michael Harding (mvh@netcom.com) wrote: : If not, why not? :) I just installed a firewall and I can't download : software to it via ncftp2. Ftp daemon and client _do_ support passive mode. Remember, ftpd & ftp are basically BSD programs ! : Just asking, but it seems weird to poke a hole in the firewall to get security upgrades. :) Either you should start hacking arround in ncftp2, either you should go for the bulk ftp program. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- P. Causse http://www.fdn.fr/~pcausse 4.4BSD/X11R6/Motif-2.0/C++ mailto:causse@sphynx.fdn.fr (UUCP)