WebSTAR 4 Manual & Technical Reference

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FTP Standards and Conventions

WebSTAR FTP is written according to the FTP standards. It supports all common ports, all standard commands, and some optional commands.

FTP Specification

The official FTP specification is at:

ftp://nic.merit.edu/documents/rfc/rfc0959.txt

FTP Ports

FTP clients usually use two ports: port 20 for the Data Connection, and port 21 for the Control Connection. Browsers that act as FTP clients using the " PASV " command may use any port in the 9000 to 12000 range, and WebSTAR FTP will handle the requests properly.

See also: Firewalls and Server Ports .


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