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64 ServerIron ADX Advanced Server Load Balancing Guide
53-1002435-01
Other TCS options
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Traffic flow of passive FTP
Using normal or passive FTP, a client begins a session by sending a request to communicate
through TCP port 21, the port that is conventionally assigned for this use at the FTP server. This
communication is known as the Control Channel connection.
Using passive FTP, a PASV command is sent instead of a PORT command. Instead of specifying a
port that the server can send to, the PASV command asks the server to specify a port it wishes to
use for the Data Channel connection. The server replies on the Control Channel with the port
number which the client then uses to initiate an exchange on the Data Channel. The server will
thus always be responding to client-initiated requests on the Data Channel and the firewall can
co-relate these.
FIGURE 12 Traffic flow for passive FTP
Topologies supported
The following topologies are supported by Passive FTP for TCS on the ServerIron ADX as described.
Basic TCS
TCS with spoofing
Basic TCS
Figure 13 shows the packet flow in a basic TCS configuration. In this example, flows 1 and 2 are the
control channel and data channel between the client and cache servers. Both flows are opened by
the client. If the cache server doesn't have the information, it establishes flows 3 and 4 which are
the control channel and data channel between the cache server and the real server.
FIGURE 13 Basic TCS for passive FTP
SYN
SYN ACK
Port X
Port X
Port X
Port 21
Port 21
Port 21
ACK
Port X
Port X
Port 21
Port 21
PASV
PASV OK, IP address, Port Y
SYN
SYN ACK
ACK
Port Z
Port Z
Port Z
Port Y
Port Y
Port Y
Port Z Port 21
LIST, RETR, or STOR
Data segments and ACKs
Port Z
Port Y
FTP Client
User lists directory or gets or puts a le
FTP Server
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