[RndTbl] FTP problems

[Bill Reid]

Mike Pfaiffer wrote:
> 

> 
>         I gather the trend in ftp servers is to use something called passive mode
> (I have no idea what the difference is). Some of the older programs do
> not support it transparently. I've connected successfully with gftp.
> 
>                                 Later
>                                 Mike


Before passive mode the server would connect to the client to transfer
data. If the client was behind a firewall then the connection request
would usually be blocked. In passive mode the client does the connection
and the server uses this connection to do the data transfer. 

ttyl,
Bill
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