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Re: FTP to/from HP3000. Client/firewall dependent?
From:
Steve Dirickson <[log in to unmask]>
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Steve Dirickson <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sat, 5 Jan 2002 08:50:29 -0800
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> This is regarding ambiguous behaviour shown by a FTP client.
>
> I have a simple FTP client(written in Java). This does not
> implement FTP client functionality exhaustively.
>
> Case1:
> FTP is possible from this java client to a HP machine(say
HPmachineA).
> Both the java client and HPmachineA are within the firewall.
>
> Case2:
> FTP is not possible from the java client to another HP machine(say
> HPmachineB).
> Both the java client and HPmachineB are separated by a firewall.
> However FTP is possible from an ordinary Win2000 DOS based
> FTP client from
> the machine(on which java FTP client resides) to HPmachineB
> even though both
> (DOS FTP client and HPmachineB) are separated by the same firewall.

Regarding "This does not implement FTP client functionality
exhaustively": do you support "passive" FTP? That's the usual way to
do FTP through a firewall; see RFC 1579, STD 1, and STD 3 for the
details.

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