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BulletProof FTP: Problems Connecting

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StarsFan4Life

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I setup BulletProof FTP lastnight at home and setup a couple of test accounts to see if I could view folders from outside my home network.

When I got to work today I hit ftp.mywebsite.com and the login screen came up. None of my logins (which I am entering correctly - case sensitive and all) work. My log file "shows" me connecting but gives me these messages:

-----Type A
-----200 Type set to A
-----PASV
-----227 Entering Passive Mode

However, I keep getting shot back to the login menu and cannot ever connect. What am I doing wrong here? I do have the following things enabled/set:

* Router has port 21 forwarded to this server at home
* Windows Firewall is OFF on the server
* Using Dyanmic DNS through DNSMadeEasy.com and it is all configured properly and working (have my website through IIS working just fine with all of this - and as I said, from outside my home network I can hit ftp.mywebsite.com and the login screen comes up - but my logins will not work)
* User accounts do point to a particular "test" folder on my server until I can get this working and setup completely


Any help would be greatly appreciated!
 
There are special considerations you have to make when running FTP and NAT like you are doing. Bullet proof should have a guide on how to set it up. Other than that you can goodl "ftp and nat"

Be aware that your FTP server is going to be constantly attacked.
 
Secure way is to run SFTP. I.e SSH & FTP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SFTP

Does not work from the outside?

1. Check it from a real outside location. Some Router do not support going out and coming back on the same Network.

2. Make sure that your ISP does not block the ftp ports.
 
Setup rules for ignoring connections after a certain amount of failed connections in a certain time frame. I usually set it to around 25-30 connections within 60 seconds.
 
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