APM: Net::FTP recieves file but still reaches timeout without saving

Wayne Walker wwalker at bybent.com
Wed Sep 1 10:04:30 CDT 2004


On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 08:40:16AM -0500, Jeremy Brooks wrote:
> Well,  the problem was zone-alarm running on the server.  
> That begs the question, why did ncftp work just fine?

Probably ncftp defaults to passive mode ftp and Net::FTP defaults to
active (or vice versa, I can never get the modes straight).  One is
considered a serious security problem, the other a possible denial of
service attack.

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