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Old 10-05-2005
David Dorward
 
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Default Re: redirecting an ftp request

Bob Smith wrote:

>> While it is *possible* that you are using it as an FTP server, its
>> highly, highly unlikely (I'm not aware of any prewritten packages to turn
>> Apache in to an FTP server, although I have seen it used as an SMTP
>> server).


> Isn't it more likely that the user's *browser* when encountering ftp://...
> is acting as an FTP client and then sending the request to the specified
> domain on the default FTP port #?


If Apache was being used as an ftp server then it would be listening on the
ftp port.

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