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Re: curl and firewall

From: Kevin Carothers <kevindotcar_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:31:24 -0700

Hi all,

Won't the "-u" option work for this?

HTH
KC

On 8/14/06, Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_haxx.se> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 14 Aug 2006, lostsandman wrote:
>
> > When i ever i try to connect to a server it times out so i download the
> > latest version of curl.exe to get some debug info and here is what i got
>
> >> PASV
> > * Connect data stream passively
> > < 227 Entering Passive Mode (*ftpserver* ,11,140)
> > * Trying *ftpserver* ... Timed out
> > * couldn't connect to host
>
> > As you can see i connetc and log in but but when i try to open the data
> > connection it times out. Any ideas as to why this may be the case?
>
> Something between your local machine and the remote server is blocking the
> conenct. It can be a firewall that doesn't track FTP or whatever. It is
> impossible to tell exactly what it is from here.
>
> If you don't have a strict firewall yourself you can try using active FTP
> with
> -P -.
>
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Received on 2006-08-14