Re: ZoneAlarm blocks FTP apps

From: Melvin Klassen (Klassen_at_UVic.CA)
Date: 01/22/05 

Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 19:10:58 GMT

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:02:21, "in2minds" <dead@redx.co.uk> wrote:

> > For the record, in the "Firewall" section of ZoneAlarm:
> > if I select "Medium" for the Internet Zone Security, then FTP works.
> > It's only when I leave it on the (default) setting of "High"
> > that it blocks FTP from listing site contents.
>
> it's not ZA, it's more than likely the remote server blocking your
> access because it can't do reverse DNS (or so I've been told).

If the remote FTP-server has accepted your ID/password,
then your computer has already "passed" this security-check.

> ZA set on High hides your IP address,

Nonsense When you connect to the remote FTP-server,
you are *SENDING* your IP-address to the server,
so that it can *REPLY* to your request.

> so you'll just have to set it to medium when you're FTPing...