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    FTP Helper on the LAN interface

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      Like many things there is a balance between security and convenience to be drawn.

      Having the clients nominate the servers the need to connect to doesn't seem that unreasonable to me. But, inconvenient for them....

      Steve

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      • DerelictD
        Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
        last edited by Derelict

        The bottom line is if you need Active FTP clients behind a firewall and the services provided by the FTP_Client_Proxy service are not a good fit, pfSense is not for you.

        The availability of certificates has nothing to do with the fact that when a client requests a file, it tells the server where to connect to and that reverse server-to-client connection has to be opened on the client side firewall. Or firewall(s) in your case. SSH has been around for 20+ years. SFTP for 15+. They still insist on using FTP.

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        DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
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