Re: [PEN-TEST] NT CLI FTP Client Passive Mode?

On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, Jay D. Dyson wrote:

> The system I'm in is behind a firewall with restrictions on outbound
> FTP, so I've been trying to get the WinNT standard-issue CLI FTP
> client to grok passive mode. No joy. I've done the perfunctory
> GoogleSearch(tm) and it seems there's a lot of folks who have run up
> against this, but no-one with any solutions. I'm hoping someone here
> has overcome this stumbling block and can provide some insights.

I ran up against this issue a little over a year ago. Nope, the NT CLI
FTP client doesn't do passive mode transfers -- even thought it says it
does.

The solution is to use wget. At least that's what I used to solve my
problems.

--Rebecca Kastl
Received on Nov 20 2000