troubles with ftp access via browser

[Eric Crist]

On Sep 26, 2007, at 1:27 PMSep 26, 2007, Walter wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've placed some files on a FBSD 6.2 server using the
> standard ftpd to access them.  The content in question
> is a video clip, but could be anything that I wanted to
> share with people unknown.
>
> I can access the file list with a browser on my internal
> network - I do this to check that my links are good.
>
> But I (or anyone else) can't access these files externally
> with a browser, but I can access them with ftp itself.  Even
> if I force a 'ftp' (for anon access) login via the browser
> URL, it stalls.  I thought this had worked at one time...
> (Trembles with uneasy expectation) Here's the URL:
> ftp://72.40.22.156/incoming/
> for anyone who wants to look at it.
>
> On a side note, I see lots of rejected log-in attempts in
> the logs from sites trying to do ftp access with "Administrator".
> Is there an easy way to allow that?
>
> TIA.

It appears to me that you've got some firewall issues, perhaps.   
Passive FTP connections are failing.  You'll need to setup a port  
range for ftpd to utilize for passive FTP, and allow those  
connections through your firewall.

HTH

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Eric F Crist
Secure Computing Networks