question about ftp

[aethandor13]

whats the diffrence between active and passive? i dont know and would like to find out.

 

[HJB417]

active means, whenever you transfer data like files or directory listings, the ftp client opens a port for the server to connect to. When you use passive, the ftp server creates a port for the ftp client to connect to. Passive is usually used when the ftp client is behind a firewall of some sort.