Request for help: Debian firewall,and maybe some kernel upgradetips

[Brian Kelsay]

I just said that because when I was enabling FTP on my server and thru the firewall, I opened port 20.  Course I listened to dj_goku and that may have been mistake number 1.  ;-)  (We just love to bag on dj_goku.)


Brian Kelsay

>>> Justin Dugger <jldugger at gmail.com> 04/14/05 11:52AM >>>
 Actually, you probably need a ftp tracking module installed into the
 kernel; ftp has two ports, the command and data port. The command port
 is 21, which does things like initiate transfers and list directory
 contents, etc.  It also sends a random number which pertains to the
 port number for the data port. Now that I think of it, this usually
 matters much more for the clients, I'm not so sure of the server.
 Anyone wiser than I (it isn't hard)?


> > Don't you also need port 20 open for ftp?
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> > Brian Kelsay
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