[Administrators] ftp://www.tux.org/pub/ still slow and EMPTY ["Adrian Aichner" <adrian at xemacs.org>] Re: Hello David, Joseph, Sam,

[Michael Sperber]

"Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen at xemacs.org> writes:

> Michael Sperber writes:
>  > 
>  > I know this is old.  Sorry.
>  > 
>  > "Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen at xemacs.org> writes:
>  > 
>  > > [Mike Sperber: Maybe you could take a look at this, or just have a clue?
>  > > The server is "220 ProFTPD 1.2.9 Server (ProFTPD on ftp.tux.org)
>  > > [gwyn.tux.org]".]
>  > 
>  > Yep, passive mode is broken.
>
> Can you give us a clue as to *how* it's broken?  Accidentally disabled
> in an upgrade sound plausible?  Or is this a firewall issue per
> http://www.proftpd.org/localsite/Userguide/linked/x294.html?

That's the best guess.  Passive mode roughly works like this: The server
binds a socket to another port and accepts the data connection on that,
and then sends the port number via the control connection.  With tux,
this new port refuses connections.

Most firewalls I know need (and have) special support for ftp passive
mode.

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Cheers =8-} Mike
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