Am 14.11.2012 12:24, schrieb lee:
> FTP isn't using random ports.  It's using two ports, and firewalls need
> to be set up correctly to deal with that.  There's a kernel module for
> this very purpose.

ftp is ALWAYS using random ports

active:  on the client side
passive: on the server side

so on one side there must be a firewall rule or connection
tracking for sure depending on the ftp-mode, how the tracking
is made is a implementation detail
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and if you read dmesg-messages with recent kernels you will see
that this is in fact a topic in teh near future

nf_conntrack: automatic helper assignment is deprecated and it will be removed 
soon. Use the iptables CT target to
attach helpers instead.


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