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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    OT: Re: Patch to add direct FTP proxy support in kio_ftp
From:       Malte Starostik <malte () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-06-30 12:34:00
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On Samstag, 30. Juni 2001 11:37, Martijn Klingens wrote:
> PS: Passive mode has some disadvantages because many windows clients out
> there default to active mode and sometimes even can't switch to passive
> (windows' own ftp.exe program for example). Also, I'm not sure you can do
> everything with passive FTP as you can with active (file uploading amongst
> others). But nevermind this PS, this was not the topic of the thread...
IIRC the RFC states that every FTP server and client implementation MUST 
provide support for passive mode, so these clients are just broken. File 
upload works fine with passive mode as does everything else. The only problem 
with a firewall that disallows active FTP is IMHO that you can't use FXP 
(direct transfer between two servers), but many servers disallow that anyway 
for security reasons.
-Malte
 
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