Re: Incoming Connection Alert

From: Lionel Fourquaux (use.reply.to_at_no-spam.invalid)
Date: 06/08/04


Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 18:42:12 +0200

Anne wrote:
> Original post:
> Receiving "Incoming Connection Alert" message when
> attempting to acces our ftp site to upload/download files

Active ftp (a mode of ftp which is often used for compatibility, but is
not firewall-friendly) uses an incoming connection for data transfers.
So, I think this is normal.

You can set IE to use passive ftp, in the advanced options. Passive ftp
uses only outgoing connections.



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