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| author | Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com> | 2007-05-19 13:35:05 +0000 |
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| committer | Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com> | 2009-02-24 10:40:48 -0600 |
| commit | 6e488118e2d749262cbcd593fef75fed1305db7c (patch) | |
| tree | 05429129035059501adb94ddd3390906dd644b3b | |
| parent | 7d007a1003a3c3455160252c606d212f8904be15 (diff) | |
| download | perl-libnet-6e488118e2d749262cbcd593fef75fed1305db7c.tar.gz | |
Doc update
| -rw-r--r-- | Net/Config.pm | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Net/Config.pm b/Net/Config.pm index c15514e..db51c1f 100644 --- a/Net/Config.pm +++ b/Net/Config.pm @@ -270,11 +270,12 @@ There is no firewall =item ftp_int_passive -FTP servers normally work on a non-passive mode. That is when you want to -transfer data you have to tell the server the address and port to -connect to. - -With some firewalls this does not work as the server cannot +FTP servers can work in passive or active mode. Active mode is when +you want to transfer data you have to tell the server the address and +port to connect to. Passive mode is when the server provide the +address and port and you establish the connection. + +With some firewalls active mode does not work as the server cannot connect to your machine (because you are behind a firewall) and the firewall does not re-write the command. In this case you should set C<ftp_ext_passive> to a I<true> value. |