Subj : FTP port 20 and QWK? wait...what?
To   : Digital Man
From : Rixter
Date : Tue Dec 17 2024 05:46:22

>   Re: FTP port 20 and QWK? wait...what?
>   By: Rixter to all on Mon Dec 16 2024 06:58 pm

> If your users are going to use "passive" FTP, then 2 connections need to made
> to your system: the control connection (by default on port 21) and the data
> connection (by default on whatever the control port number is, minus one, so
> 20 by default).

> This is standard for operating any FTP server on the Internet and nothing
> specialf or Synchronet.

> It's up to you, but QWK packet transfers should not be using more than one
> concurrent connection.
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Thank you. I thought so. Should port 20 be set as tcp or udp? Or both in my
router?

telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23
http://ricksbbs.synchro.net:8080
Madison,NC

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 þ Synchronet þ Rick's BBS telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23
 * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)

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