Re: ftp-proxy doco, faq vs. ftp-proxy(8)

On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 01:06:52PM -0700, Darren Spruell wrote:
> I wanted to see if what is noted in
> http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/ftp.html has any misalignment with what
> ftp-proxy(8) says about the '-r' switch.
> 
> ftp.html:
> "To enable active mode connections, you need the '-r' switch on
> ftp-proxy(8) (for this you had to run the old proxy with "-u root")."
> 
> ftp-proxy(8)
> -r      Rewrite sourceport to 20 in active mode to suit ancient clients
>         that insist on this RFC property.
> 
> Testing an active mode connection to ftp.openbsd.org from behind a PF
> box with ftp-proxy seems to indicate that active mode is supported by
> default (3.9-stable). Should the statement on ftp.html be removed?

This should fix it.  Is it just clients, or is it servers as well?
Should the RFC be mentioned?

-Ray-

Index: ftp.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/www/faq/pf/ftp.html,v
retrieving revision 1.22
diff -u -r1.22 ftp.html
--- ftp.html	11 May 2006 01:18:23 -0000	1.22
+++ ftp.html	23 Sep 2006 20:44:35 -0000
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@
 statement is sending FTP traffic to.
 
 <p>
-To enable active mode connections, you need the '-r' switch on
+Some FTP clients require active mode connections to listen on port 20.
+To enable this, you need the '-r' switch on
 ftp-proxy(8) (for this you had to run the old proxy with "-u root").
 
 <p>