> 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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