John R Pierce wrote:
I don't know if you can do that with FTPS... FTP uses a seperate dynamic port for the data socket, and the mode this port is assigned is at the whim of the *client* software, it can either be PORT or PASSIVE mode, this makes NAT address translation of FTP a real mess. AFAIK, FTPS (ftp over ssl) does much the same.
I quote from Wikipedia...
The firewall problemBecause FTP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol is a
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cannot decrypt it). Therefore, in many firewalled networks, clear FTP connections will work while FTPS connections will either completely fail or require the use of passive mode (assuming all ports >= 1024 to the server are unfiltered).
Well John, i can't even get it working locally on the same subnet (and no, the server doesn't use firewalling)! I'm not even at the firewall access level!
Thanks for the pointer anyway.
Regards,
Guy Boisvert, ing. IngTegration inc.