2002 Tech Tip: Problems With The FTP PORT Command or Why You Don't Want Just Any Port in a Storm

October 16, 2002 • White Paper

This tech tip contains discussion about problems with the FTP PORT command.

Publisher

Software Engineering Institute

Subjects

Abstract

Problems related to the PORT command in the FTP protocol are based on the misuse of the PORT command in the FTP protocol. This tech tipdiscusses the problem as well as ways to mitigate it.