I just installed the new 7.g ftp services and I have been struggling with firewall rules, as I need to configure an external firewall to allow the data ports, however, the Data Channel Port Range box is grayed out, so I cannot configure what ports is should use, and I have no idea what ports may be configured by default.
I have tried setting the external IP, but that did not help in either passive or active mode.
There is a warning message in the upper left of the IIS Manager that says: “To accept passive connections when you are using FTP over SSL (FTPS) or when your firewall does not filter packets, configure the external IPv4 address of your firewall.” , which I
think is suggesting that I add firewall allow rules for the Data Channel Port Range of [0-0]…?
Also, when I add an external IP address of the firewall, I get a dialogue saying “Please configure your firewall to allow FTP access for both the control channel and data channel port range”. Which I would just love to do, but I cannot find a place that says
what the control channel is, and the interface will not allow me to change the Data Channel Port Range from 0.
Anyway, this is a Windows 2008 x64 machine sitting behind a pix firewall. The local Windows 2008 firewall is currently off, as I did not want it in my problem space.
Anyway, I am definitely confused?.