pf(4) + fetch(1) + http://ftp.gnu.org

[Chuck Swiger]

On Jun 14, 2007, at 1:36 PM, Vlad GURDIGA wrote:
> There is one strange thing going on with this combination. I saw this
> many times by now: when fetch(1) is trying to download something from
> http://ftp.gnu.org, it is hanging after a very small amount of data;
> sometimes on 0%. After disabling pf(4), fetch(1) is not hanging any
> more, so I guess that the problem is somewhere in my pf.conf. Here is
> it:

Presumably you want to make sure that fetch(1) is using:

      FTP_PASSIVE_MODE    If set to anything but `no', forces the FTP  
code to
                          use passive mode.


...or else your firewall is probably going to block active-mode FTP  
data traffic.  See "man 3 fetch".

-- 
-Chuck