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Thread ID: 100080 2009-05-25 07:10:00 What is the "Passive" setting in FTP? mzee (3324) Press F1
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776774 2009-05-25 07:10:00 There is a setting in my FTP client with a tick box "Passive".
My IP tells me that it should be un-ticked, but when I do that the Fire Wall (Comodo) gets upset & it makes errors. Works Ok with "Passive" on.

Can someone tell me what this control does?
mzee (3324)
776775 2009-05-25 07:19:00 Here's the diff between active and passive (slacksite.com) Speedy Gonzales (78)
776776 2009-05-25 07:51:00 Just do what works. pctek (84)
776777 2009-05-25 18:36:00 Active uses a random port, and Comodo has blocked it.

Just use Passive.
Blam (54)
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