Is outbound FTP connection secure?


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Hi,

I am behind a firewall that blocks all in/outbound ftp connections. When the system adminstrator was approached and questioned, he simply said that it's a security risk to be allowing in/out-bound FTP connections. How do I convince him that allowing an outbound connection to the FTP sites is fine? (considering that I'm right to think that it is fine :p)

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Knock him on his keester and take over his job, what an annoying admin you have. :rolleyes:

You could try using Passive FTP.

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Knock him on his keester and take over his job, what an annoying admin you have. :rolleyes:

You could try using Passive FTP.

The firewall is refusing the outbound connection so I don't think that enabling passive transfer mode would help :s

The "knock him over and take his job" is a great idea... Specially after you get the "We don't know why we block it but we were told that it's the right thing to do" type of answer... :unsure:

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inbound/outbound ftp is as dangerous as http :D lol

and if you have nat, what's the problem? cuz nat wont allow inbound ftp connection if it wasn't requested by any pc in network

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inbound/outbound ftp is as dangerous as http :D lol

and if you have nat, what's the problem? cuz nat wont allow inbound ftp connection if it wasn't requested by any pc in network

That's exactly what I told him. The guy just wouldn't listen and insist that all in/outbound ftp connections should be blocked by the firewall.

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