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Re: ftps connection error

From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel-curl_at_haxx.se>
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 08:45:02 +0200 (CEST)

On Wed, 30 Jun 2004, Swati Vakharia wrote:

> i am trying to connect to an ftps site but seem to be getting an error after
> it tries to enter passive mode. The following is my command:

>> PASV
> < 227 Entering Passive Mode (129,33,52,92,148,118)
> * About to connect() to ftp.e-gmfsed.net port 38006
> * Connect failed; Operation now in progress

This simply means that when libcurl tried to connect back to the IP and port
the server told us to use, it failed to connect.

Sometimes this happens because the server is behind a firewall that doesn't
track FTP connections and doesn't allow connections on this port/IP.

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Received on 2004-07-01