Hi:
There are "address" and "external-address" fields for data connection
configuration.
In an enterprise setup, I will be mentioning my LB/NAT/Firewall address
as "external-address". When an external (outside of enterprise network)
client connects to the server and initiates a passive data transfer, the
response to "PASV" command would have the "external-address". The client
connects to this external address and LB should forward the connect
request to the server.
For an internal (within the enterprise network) client, what would be
the response to PASV command? Will it have the "external-address"
configured? In that case the internal client will be forced to connect
to the server through LB/external-address, right? Can this be avoided?
Can the response to such client contain server's address?
Can Apache Server detect that the request is coming from an internal
client and send back the "address" instead of "external-address" in
response to PASV command.
Thanks,
Nilesh.
