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FTP-firewall-security question
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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So......just purchased new web space for a client. After receiving all username-password details etc, tried to log in using Transmit. No joy.... got a "could not retrieve list of files" error message.
Contacted hosting company. Here is the message I got from them.
"This will be a firewall or security software blocking connections to ports 20 & 21. Please configure your applications to accept connections via these ports and that you are using active mode - not passive."
Thought this, a little strange as I have connected with dozens of sites (some hosted with the same company) and never had to change any settings.
However, I did as they asked. Went to systPrefs-Sharing-Services and ticked the FTP Access box. I can now connect to the hosting server...no probs...however i am feeling a little uneasy about altering these settings.
Is it normal to access FTP hosting accounts this way?
And have I made my iMac less secure?
Thanks
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Piot
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2000
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I agree with you - I don't see why an FTP server would require a client to open ports to FTP. I have never had a hosting company require such a thing. What is the name of the host?
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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How exactly do you expect to be able to transfer data if you won't allow your computer to send it?
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analogika, from my understanding (limited I agree!) I have just allowed FTP access to my computer. I have been sending data to hosting sites for about 4 years without ever having to alter the sharing settings.
I need to know from someone who knows what they are talking about, just what is going on here. I am happy that FTP to this particular location is now working but I am uncertain if I have compromised my system.
Even more important, I don't want to compromise my client's system when I run through the procedure of how he can use his hosting space. Or indeed any more clients in the future.
Anyone else out there>... really need to sort this out by the morning.
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Piot
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Again, it would be nice to know the name of the host.
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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Sorry Big Mac, The hosting company is WebFusion.
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Piot
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