FTPFirewall and Nonstandard Port

Keywords: 	  FTPFirewall

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Question:

I am confused on using the ftpFirewall command to connect to non-standard ports. I am trying to write a script that connects to several ftpsites. Some are normal port 21 and some are port 5000 here is what I was trying to do...

	ftpFireWall(1,ftpaddr,ftpport,"","")
	hSession=ftpOpen(ftpaddr,ftpid,ftppass,"",1)
	if !IsNumber(hSession)
	ErrText = "FTP Open Error:%hSession%"
	Goto SendError
	exit
	endif

Now I am filling ftpaddr and ftpport within a loop and reading from and ini file. None of them actually go through a proxy server. However when I connect to my first site I get:

	FTP Open Error:999 Login Failed - A 

Now the first site is a port21 site can I not use ftpFireWall to connect to a port21 site? (Note: it DOES work if I comment out the FireWall Step but I need it for further down).

Answer:

I think if you use firewall type 1, then you need to put the userid/password in the ftpfirewall command.

Question (cont'd):

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Switched to type 0 and all seems well!

Here is the final code:

ftpFireWall(0,ftpaddr,ftpport,"","") 

Answer:

I'm not sure type 0 will work for non-21 ports... It turns it off.

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Related Question:

Using the winsock extender's ftp commands, is there a way to change from port 21 to another port? We looked and don't see port as a parameter except for the firewall command and we don't have a firewall.

Answer:

I've used the firewall command to do stuff like that even without a fireewall. Use proxy protocol 1 and fill in all the other information.

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Article ID:   W12645

Filename:   FTPFirewall and Nonstandard Port.txt