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

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Software Engineering Institute

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

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Software Engineering Institute

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Abstract

In the past few years, there have been ongoing discussions about problems related to the PORT command in the FTP protocol. These problems are based on the misuse of the PORT command in the FTP protocol.