Now that I am on a DSL I take firewall based security more seriously. However, my ftp programs are giving me fits. Neither cuteFTP nor FileZilla will work properly - I get a failure to logon msg back from my ftp server. This is clearly a firewall (Win XP) issue because this problem goes away and I can login fine when I simply disable the filewall (via Wscui.cpl). I have a suspicion that some handshake verification or authorization transfer back from the ftp site is being blocked.
Never had this problem with my dialup.
I have used netstat and taskslist to determine the ports being used by cuteFTP and have tried making its primary port an exception on the firewall list. I have also tried putting the ftp program itself on the firewall exception list. Neither helped. Yes, the ftp program does use some other ports above 1024, but since these are variable, trying to add them to a port exception(s) list is not going to work.
Anyone out there perhaps have a suggestion for getting deeper into this issue and zeroing in on the problem? Are there, for example, some secondary Windows programs required for ftp that I need to put on an exception list?
Machine - AMD athlon dual; Windows XP-SP2, FIREFOX and/or Netscape browser, ATT DSL; ftp apps tried are: cuteFTP, FileZilla, ATT ftp.
Thanks!! Dr. Bob