Subject: *** Netscape 2.0 and wu-ftpd ***

From: "Steve Maybo" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 10:30:26 PST

I've read a few postings from a while back that describe a problem 
with Netscape trying to access FTP hosts running wu-ftpd with the 
standard "ftp://www.anyname.com/pub".

Is there any fix for this yet ??  Apparently it's a Netscape bug 
because NCSA Mosaic seems to work fine.

When trying to access my ftp server running Solaris 2.3 and wu-ftpd
2.4(1), the "welcome.msg" text appears and them it just hangs.

STEVE
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From: Vidiot <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 14:34:20 -0500 (CDT)

<I've read a few postings from a while back that describe a problem 
<with Netscape trying to access FTP hosts running wu-ftpd with the 
<standard "ftp://www.anyname.com/pub".
<
<Is there any fix for this yet ??  Apparently it's a Netscape bug 
<because NCSA Mosaic seems to work fine.
<
<When trying to access my ftp server running Solaris 2.3 and wu-ftpd
<2.4(1), the "welcome.msg" text appears and them it just hangs.
<Steve G. Maybo

Huh?

Netscape likes to set up ftp transfers using a different handshake method for
setting up the transfer port (for the life of me I forgot the exact fto TERM).
The end result is that site that have filtering have it blocked, without
knowing that it is a problem.  I was that way.  A person kept saying that
he couldn't get to my site, but I had no problem.  Then I had someone else
try it from the outside, sure enough it didn't work.  Once I changed the
router filter, Netscape was happy.

In other words, it isn't wu-ftp's fault.  It is Netscape, since they use the
non-standard mode.  You need to get the site to change their filter.

MB
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