Re: ISP doesn't allow FTP

[Anindya Mozumdar <anindya@cmi.ac.in>]

Yes, I am having this problem too. However, it may be that the original
sender never "cc'ed" the message to this list.
Anindya.

On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 08:12:36PM +0500, Ahsan Ali wrote:
> 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
> > >
> > > --