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Re: [gftp] Feature Request: IP "spoof"



On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 03:36:48PM -0400, Tracer Bullet wrote:
> Would it be possible to add a feature that allows the user to maunually
> specify the IP the client uses when sending the PORT command?  Possibly
> a manual port range to use as well?  This would be useful to clients
> behind NAT connecting to servers behind poorly configured NAT.  The user
> could forward the proper ports in his/her NAT setup, and then have gFTP
> send the public IP with the PORT command.

If you enable Passive File transfers, the PASV command will be sent instead of
PORT and the remote server will open a port for the FTP client to connect to.

Brian