# The net/ftpsesame port

## ftpsesame-0.95p8 – automagic packet filter configurator for FTP

## Description

    ftpsesame helps the FTP protocol get through your pf firewall. It does
    this by passively analysing FTP control connections and adding rules
    into a pf anchor when an FTP data connection is about to commence.

    You might want to try ftpsesame instead of ftp-proxy(8) from the OpenBSD
    base system for the following reasons:
    - it runs on "transparent" (no IP address) bridges
    - you do not want to redirect any traffic to the firewall itself: for IP
      accounting or other reasons
    - you want to pass traffic to multiple FTP servers behind a firewall

    In general, ftpsesame is a good choice to run on a firewall in front of
    multiple FTP servers, where no NAT is involved. ftp-proxy(8) is usually
    the best choice when users behind NAT need to access FTP servers on the
    Internet. In other situations it depends, sometimes they are useful
    together.

WWW: http://www.sentia.org/projects/ftpsesame/

Categories:
  net

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