[Openswan Users] Problems with FTP transfer using Openswan

[Jacco de Leeuw]

Denis Hawkins wrote:

> I have setup the Openswan server with the firewall turned off for 
> testing reasons.

Which firewall? On the Openswan server or on XP? If you are running an
FTP server on the target XP computer you have to change XP's firewall
settings to allow FTP in.

> the FTP client does not connect, saying "unknown error".

Very helpful error reporting by Filezilla there :-/.

> What is the problem? Does IPSEC block FTP?

I don't think so.

> Is there a problem with MTU setup?

If so, try pinging with increasing ICMP sizes (ping -l 100 etc.)

Jacco
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