Re: ISP doesn't allow FTP

[Ahsan Ali <ahsanali@gmail.com>]

Sorry for the off-topic post.

I never got the original message sent to the list. Only the reply.

I am very sure I am not getting all mail sent to the list... it isnt
just a "low volume" problem.

Anyone else having this problem?

-Ahsan

On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 17:41:07 +0300 (EEST), Mihai Rusu <dizzy@roedu.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> Depends on how they filter your FTP traffic. My guess is that they just
> filter out port 21. In which case try to run a ftp server on a port
> different than 21 (or if you cant admin the FTP server run a port
> forwarder that knows to forward FTP traffic on another port to forward
> traffic to the true FTP site, I think portfwd knows that, check on
> freshmeat.net).
> 
> Now if they filter it by looking into the traffic (string based, altghough
> that can be very resource consuming and risky business) then you need some
> encrypted tunnel. You might use SSH with portforwarding (btw you could use
> SCP to copy your files) or another encrypted tunneling like IPSEC,
> vtun (with kernel support).
> 
> On Thu, 27 May 2004, Josh wrote:
> 
> > Hello fellow admins,
> >
> > I am having a problem with my ISP at the firewall level, they are
> > blocking any type of FTP transfer.  However, I do have a shared webserver
> > that I can host proxy scripts on, just as long as I don't have to compile
> > them, I can only do a simple transfer.  Does anyon e know any tools that
> > may be of help, like proxy servers, tunneling tools, port mappers, etc.
> > I have access to a different ISP for a few hours if I need to do a quick
> > upload to my webserver (My webserver is running RedHat 7 I believe).
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
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