[geeks] RANT (ftp)

[Phil Brutsche]

der Mouse wrote:
> Any case where someone finds making FTP to work through a firewall to
> be a black art is, I believe, one where that person does not really
> understand FTP, the firwall, or both.

Or they're using the wrong firewall.

SonicWALLs, Cisco firewall solutions (IOS routers with the firewall
feature set, PIXes, ASA5500s) and many more offer application-layer
inspection of FTP streams.

End result is FTP Just Works.

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Phil Brutsche
phil at tux.obix.com