John Denker wrote:
> The linux ftp command implements passive mode as an option, and it seems
> to work just fine, *if* you happen to know that you can turn it on with > the "pass"
>command.
The PASS command is for sending password information, PASV is for
passive mode. This is documented in rfc959/std9 (page 28)
ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/std/std9.txt
> Suggestion: Why not make passive mode the default? It's more likely to
> work in the presence of firewalls.
Not all servers support/offer PASV connections. Also from the RFC, the
default behavior is to use the PORT command which causes the server to
establish the connection with a listening client.
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