Re: odd behavior

> Paul Jarc:

> John White <[email protected]> wrote:
> > ftp> ls
> > 200 Okay.
> > 150 Making transfer connection...
> >
> > And it hangs there.
> 
> Let it sit for 60 seconds and see what error is displayed.  tcpdump
> might also be informative, on each side of each firewall.
> 
> >> So, my question is, what kind of tcp connections are being made if the
> >> client doesn't send PASV?
> >
> > Ok, to answer my own question, the PORT request specifies a tcp port
> > on the client side which the ftp server then attempts to connect to.
> 
> Right.

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