Re: [LUG] Mozilla, Passive file transfer FTP.

[Andrew Rogers <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John Horne wrote:

> On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 10:36, Jon Lawrence wrote:
>  
>
> > On Thursday 04 Dec 2003 10:23 am, Andrew Rogers wrote:
> >    
> >
> > I don't know if that can be done. You could try asking the IT department to 
> > correctly configure the firewall. That is what will be causing the problem.
> >
> >    
> There are specific reasons why passive ftp has been disabled. It will
> not be enabled.
>
> I've used mozilla to download lots of things, but make sure you are
> using the web caches in your mozilla proxies preferences.
>
>
> John.
>
>  
gftp works in non-passive mode and doesn't require changes to the 
firewall. Mozilla needs to be made to work in non-passive mode, could 
using proxies bypass this problem?


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