On Wed, 26 May 2004, Eric VERGNAUD wrote:

> Does this mean the ftp client MUST issue an EPRT command after receiving a
> successful EPSV reply ?

No, EPRT is the enhanced version of PORT, as EPSV improves PASV. EPRT and EPSV
are mutually exclusive, only one of them should be used.

> In that case, could it be that the EPRT command should be sent BEFORE
> attempting to establish the secondary connection on the port returned by
> EPSV, so that the server indeed opens that port ?

EPRT asks the server to connect to the client on the given port, why would
that improve or even change what EPSV responds?

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