[ydl-gen] Attempted hack of FTP server

[Eric Dunbar]

On 29/08/06, Peter-Paul <peter-paul at multiweb.nl> wrote:
> One humble remark: (as reply to Geert),
> IPTables, is infact 'that smart' to recognize passive ftp initiations.
> IPTables is able to do Stateful packet inspection.
> (I quote): "This means that the firewall keeps track of each connection
> passing through it and in certain cases will view the contents of data
> flows in an attempt to anticipate the next action of certain protocols.
> This is an important feature in the support of active FTP and DNS, as
> well as many other network services."

Thanks "en dank je wel" to all who responded and taught me something
new (Geert, Peter-Paul and Chris). I'm glad to see that the YDL
community is still active and full of knowledgeable people!

Eric.