Re: how to set passive mode

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From: Alun Jones [MS MVP] (alun_at_texis.invalid)
Date: 03/26/04

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    In article <hfd360hv242p4tp3s31gh5st9dasihgod1@4ax.com>, Paul Lynch
    <paul.lynch@nospam.com> wrote:
    >However, what you *can* do is restrict which ports you allow your
    >server to listen on by using a firewall. In this way I suppose you
    >could 'force' your users to use passive mode.

    Careful - all that would do is prevent active mode from working. It'd be up
    to the user (or client, if it's smart enough) to figure out that a switch to
    PASV mode would fix this.

    Alun.
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