> Hi,
> I'm playing around with the filters for PM3 and have a rather intriguing
> case:
> As part of my filter is:
> set filter dialup.in 1 permit 0.0.0.0/0 207.23.43.0/24 tcp dst eq 21
> set filter dialup.in 2 permit 0.0.0.0/0 207.23.43.0/24 tcp dst eq 20
>
> for rulte #2, I also tried:
> set filter dialup.in 2 permit 0.0.0.0/0 207.23.43.0/24 tcp src gt 1023 dst
> eq 20 estab
>
> Both cases work to the point that if I dialin using a win95 client, and
> open a DOS shell and run ftp there, everything works. But if I were to
> use MSIE and try to load as ftp://ftp.mysite.com, it'll "hang" on the
> "loading..." status. On the server side, I can see that the control
> connection succeeded, but not the data socket. This is rather baffling.
> Any ideas?
Welcome to the world of passive FTP! 8) it uses 'random' ports above
port 1024......
Netscrape and other Web browsers usually implement this method....
-- Aloha from Paradise,Sherwood