[lug] VSFTP Doesn't connect for some people

[John Hernandez]

To be more specific, you probably want to look at loading the
ip_conntrack_ftp iptables module on your Linux firewall.  It works in
conjunction with the 'iptables -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED' rules.

George Sexton wrote:
> Probably passive is defaulting to ON for one, and OFF for the other. 
> 
> George Sexton
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us 
>>[mailto:lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us] On Behalf Of Bill Thoen
>>Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 4:18 PM
>>To: Boulder Linux Users Group
>>Subject: [lug] VSFTP Doesn't connect for some people
>>
>>I recently had a system makeover (to Fedora Core 4) and now 
>>have my web 
>>and FTP server behind a firewall machine (also running FC4.)  
>>My VSFTP 
>>server has been working fine for most people. But I've 
>>noticed that one 
>>of my clients can't connect using the latest IE from an XP 
>>box (but she 
>>can get through with the default Windows FTP client that you can run 
>>from a command window), and several others around the world are 
>>reporting that "your FTP doesn't work" or "I get error 425." 
>>It all used 
>>to work, and it does still work for most people, but 
>>something needs a 
>>good tweaking.
>>
>>Does anyone have any recommendations as to what I should 
>>check? I'm not 
>>even sure what I should be looking for, but now I'm pretty sure the 
>>problem is on my end.
>>
>>- Bill Thoen
>>
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