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Subject: Re: Outgoing ftp and filters
From: Brent @ GreatCircle . COM (Brent Chapman)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 23:41:03 -0800
To: ellozy @ dfci . harvard . edu
Cc: firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM

At 07:56 3/31/95, Mohamed Ellozy wrote:
>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".

That's the way I understand it, though I haven't personally tried it yet.


-Brent

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