Many ftp client will try to establish a passive connection with a server by default. A passive connection will use a high numbered unprivileged port range greater then 1023 (PASV) instead of port 20 (PORT). Most ftp servers specify different ranges that are to be used for passive connections.
For those of us who use Linux as a desktop replacement for Windows would find it nice to be able to run the ASDM client natively. If you haven’t upgraded your ASA/PIX to the latest ASDM you should do so. The steps are described here.
The ASA 5505 is the smallest (and cheapest) solution from the current Cisco hardware security appliances. Still, if we have the proper software license (like Security Plus for example) we can use the ASA5505 to setup rather complex solutions. This post will show how we can setup a pair of ASA5505 in failover configuration, solution [...]
