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echo: wildcat!_support
to: MARK LEWIS
from: ED KOON
date: 2017-02-12 19:27:00
subject: Wildcat Anonymous FTP

>  On 2017 Feb 12 12:44:30, you wrote to me:
> 
>  EK>>> Trying to figure a way to redirect the ftp port. 
These new browsers
>  EK>>> do not allow accessing domain:21 due to 
security.
> 
>  ML>> ummm... they should... the problem is that ftp 
uses more than one
>  ML>> port... there's a command port and some data 
ports... your firewall
>  ML>> needs to be able to handle the redirect as well 
as associating
>  ML>> connections with ftp and adjusting their ports, 
too... passive and
>  ML>> active ftp also come into play... sometimes one 
works and the other
>  ML>> not... especially with NAT involved... there is 
no redirection
>  ML>> capability like with http, either...
> 
>  EK> Probably more trouble than it's worth, especially 
since some browsers
>  EK> block a command to web browse an ftp directory:
>  EK> http://bbs.docsplace.org:21 Firefix and Chrome 
brings up a port
>  EK> specific request blocked message.
> 
> you can't http to ftp anyway... there has to be a http 
server there... you can
> ftp to it, though...

If I change my wildcat ftp port to 2121 I can web browse 
wildcats file areas with no problem. It generates an 
index file with file descriptions. Must be Wildcat 
specific ftp feature.                                                      

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