Re: We don't really need two FTP daemons

From: Buki <dev_at_null.cz>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 17:23:19 +0200
On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 04:17:55PM +0200, Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav wrote:
> "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs_at_tower.berklix.net> writes:
> > Someone asked whether lukemftpd offered functionality other(s) don't ?
> > What about proxy ?
> >
> > I've never been sure which ftpd to run on my gateway (with IPFW, with no NAT)
> > to provide proxy, so internal hosts could cd /usr/ports; make fetch
> 
> You don't need a proxy.  Do the following on each internal host:
> 
> # echo 'FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=YES' >>/etc/profile

actually, if the internal hosts use RFC1918 addresses this wouldn't
suffice. He really needs either ftp proxy (and redirect all ftp traffic
to it) or NAT.

> DES
> -- 
> Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav - des_at_des.no

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