ncftpd on fc3 malfunctioning?

Thomas Cameron thomas.cameron at camerontech.com
Sat Jun 18 14:26:53 UTC 2005


On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 13:25 -0400, kristina clair wrote:

> 
> Aha!  Thanks for all the help.
> 
> So what exactly does ip_conntrack_ftp do?
> 
> Kristina

It tracks connections through the firewall.  If I understand correctly,
it is what manages the port numbers used for ftp connections on ports 20
and 21, as well as managing the high port (1024 and above) used by the
client, allowing active and passive ftp.

Thomas




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