Active vs Passive FTP - Understanding FTP Ports

[@Andrew_B25]

I was having issues trying to figure out the difference between active and passive FTP. This video helped, thanks!

[@mikeghukr]

The best FTP/S explanation I have ever seen. Thanks a lot!

[@jscapeus]

Glad it was helpful!

[@stefantimmermans9848]

Phenomenol explanation & presentation on this hard to understand mechanism, one always forgets about after a whiile untill one actually needsit and is required to know the mechanism. This time however thanks to you I'll definately retain who initiates the data transfer operation and who decides on the port to be used for the data transfer. Its is by far the best explanation I ever found, really to the point in making you understand the differences between Active & Passive Mode.

[@jscapeus]

Thank you so much for your feedback! We are happy you found this helpful.

[@Vishrut.Dave94]

By far the best explanation for any beginner working on FTP. Thanks a lot

[@CraigFromTheLand]

This really saved my day at work trying to figure out an FTP printer issue so thank you a ton!

[@Smurfomatic]

This really helped my understanding. Great video!

[@___sachin]

That's really a wonderful explanation,Thanks a lot.

[@michaelcolun9849]

great explanation thanks

[@gat2871]

perfectly explained. Thanks!

[@FabrizioManetti]

Sorry but I don't understand why the client port used in the active mode by the data channel, before is specified with the PORT command and after become a random port. (In the comparison between the two modes) Thanks however for the explanation.

[@jscapeus]

Sorry for the confusion. You are correct. The server should connect to the client port specified in the PORT command sent by the client to the server. It is just 'random' in a sense that it is not the same all the time.

[@viduravidasanayake3630]

This means the client side firewall won't be blocking the data connection initiate from the server in active mode, ryt? because the port is not random. Btw great video.. thanx

[@sojkovec]

@@viduravidasanayake3630 Best practice is to configure your client for active mode the same way servers are configured for passive mode (it IS the same way: choose your port range, port-forward it to your machine if neccessary, allow it in firewall; then set your external IP address and said port range to be used by PORT command in client config. All good FTP clients can do this.

[@SK-ju8si]

I was confused with that part, too.

[@rajat559]

very nicely explained, thank you soooooo much

[@amirsinacomsys354]

clear explanation! thank you so much.

[@VsEdits59]

thanks dude helped a lot

[@sudhanshupal4427]

Thanks a lot you cleared my concept

[@anhvunguyen8171]

Great video!

[@mikhailcabilao]

Very vivid! thanks

[@kendall182]

Gracias, me ayudo a aclarar algunas dudas

[@kenomar]

Thanks

[@jscapeus]

You're welcome!