On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 08:36:41AM -0000, Hunt, Bryan wrote:
> If you set ftp to use passive mode it will only use one channel.
Isn't the difference between passive and non-passive FTP a question of which
side sets up the data connection, and hence opens the port. With normal FTP,
the server initiates the data connection on a high port of its choosing,
hence the problems with firewalls. With passive, the client opens the data
connection, but AFAIK there are still two connections and two ports used.
Niall
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