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Alucard Lim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Why cant an active FTP session be sustained if it was not specified as
> a parameter of the ip_masq_ftp module?
Because that's what the module does. It keeps the control connection
alive while a long data transfer is in progress.
> There are so many sites out there that do not use the standard port 21.
That's too bad. How is the masq box supposed to know that you are
talking FTP protocol on a non-standard port? What should the firewall
do in order to read the mind of the server administrator and somehow
"know" that it is FTP protocol?
> In fact, I think there are even more sites with non standard port
> numbers.
Doubtful.
> PASV mode is slow and sometimes if a site is full, I wont be able to
> log back in after listing! :)
There is no reason that PASV mode should be any faster or slower. It's
just a difference in who initiates the connection.
There is nothing about PASV mode that forces you to logout and back in
again between connections. I really don't understand what you're
saying.
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