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Workspace IBM i
Categories Networking
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 31, 2017

RELATED IDEAS

Allow ephemeral port range to be defined for FTP server

Provide a means to define a limited range of ephemeral ports available for the FTP server to use for a passive data connection.


Use Case:

Currently a firewall must open all ports 1024 and above to allow for a passive FTP data connection from a client system.


Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 31, 2018

    This feature is enabled in the following PTFs for each supported IBM i release.
    SI66203 V7R1M0
    SI66204 V7R2M0
    SI66205 V7R3M0
    With these PTFs applied, the FTP data connection's ports can be configured by adding system level environmental variable QIBM_FTP_PORT_RANGE. For detailed usage, please refer to coverletter of these PTFs.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 21, 2017

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Power Systems
    Product - IBM i
    Component - Networking
    Operating system - IBM i
    Source - None

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Power Systems
    Product - IBM i
    Component - Core OS
    Operating system - IBM i
    Source - None

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