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Re: Passive mode with FTPS connection

From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_haxx.se>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 13:35:15 +0200 (CEST)

On Thu, 7 May 2009, AMBROSINI Marco wrote:

> I'm using curl-7.19.4 (win 32) - libcurlnet-1_3 and I have a question: the
> ftps server admin, I'm trying to connect to, sent me the url and the account
> used to connect to the ftps server. After he wrote:
>
> FTPS Configuration :
> -FTPES over explicit
> -Passive mode
>
> The first should mean that the url must be ftp:// and after I specify the
> usage of SSL. Is it ok?

Yes, CURLOPT_USE_SSL in libcurl lingo.

> But the second?
> Does the second configuration involve my code which is:

Passive is libcurl's default and it means using PASV or EPSV instead of the
active versions PORT and EPRT.

-- 
  / daniel.haxx.se
Received on 2009-05-07