Firewalls: Re: Outgoing ftp and filters

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Subject:	Re: Outgoing ftp and filters
From:	Mohamed Ellozy <ellozy @ netman-mel . dfci . harvard . edu>
Date:	Fri, 31 Mar 1995 07:56:54 -0500 (EST)
To:	Brent @ GreatCircle . COM
Cc:	firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to:	<v02110158aba0fd28c70b @ [198 . 102 . 244 . 39]> from "Brent Chapman" at Mar 30, 95 10:41:56 pm
Reply-to:	ellozy @ dfci . harvard . edu

Brent Chapman writes
> 
> At 16:22 3/30/95, mtaie01!mtaho02!root @
 sam .
 wal-mart .
 com wrote:
> >Passive ftp is available for UNIX computers in source form, but what
> >about its availability on other platforms (Macs and PCs running ftp
> >software tcp/ip)?
> 
> Also, most of the WWW browsers (Mosaic, NetScape Navigator, etc.) have
> built-in FTP clients, and most of these are passive-mode.

Brent,

So if I understand I can forget about getting PASV mode ftp clients
and just go with "From now on you do ftp using your WWW brouser"?

That would be great, since even for UNIX the passive-ftp from
ftp.cisco.com does not compile "out of the box".

Thanks!

Mohamed

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