Problem to access FTP server

Mahabub Basha mahabubbasha at gmail.com
Thu May 31 09:46:46 UTC 2007


Hi all,

I am a newbie for freebsd. I am using freebsd 6.1. I have some problem to
access ftp server through external ip behind a pf firewall.

I can access my ftp server through active mode , but not working in passive
mode.

My ruleset file is in the following:

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pf.conf
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lan = "port2"
wan = "port1"

# User BiNAT Rules
binat on $wan from 10.0.0.10 to any -> 172.16.1.10

# User RDR Rules
rdr on $wan from any to 172.16.1.10 -> 10.0.0.10

# User Filter Rules
pass all

=========================================================================

my lan ip address is 10.0.0.10 and my wan ip is 172.16.1.10

I just put above three rules. And run my ftp server using inetd.

I used core-ftp client in windows xp to connect my ftp server machine , in
active mode its working fine.

But in passive mode its not working.

Before i asked this problem here, i read the following links and try out the
same. but its not working.

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http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/ftp.html

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.freebsd.devel.pf4freebsd/2952/match=issues+ftp+windows+pf
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I want to use binat rule.

can anyone help me to solve this issue.

- Mahabub Basha.S


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