BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  Synchronet 3.21e upgrade
De:       Digital Man
Data:     Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:43:51 -0700
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  hbRenb: hcSynchronet 3.21e upgrade
  bBynb: hchax0r bto cMRO bon cSat Apr 25 2026 09:43 amn

 >   HBReNB: HCSynchronet 3.21e upgrade
 >   BByNB: HCMRO Bto Chax0r Bon CFri Apr 24 2026 09:37 pm
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 >  MR> i sent you a msg to vert. i'm not sure if you have the same email
 >  MR> anymore. i can answer any questions you might have an i have some
 >  MR> scripts that can help fix and convert your stuff so it works ok.
 >
 > I got the invite and will join up. e-mail address is still valid. I did
 > manage to track down what the problem is with the current QWK config. It
 > seems like at some point in tim the Synchronet FTP server stopped support
 > for PASV ftp connections.

No, the Synchronet FTP server (and Vertrauen) still support passive FTP:

$ ftp dove.synchro.net
Trying 71.95.196.36:21 ...
Connected to dove.synchro.net.
 Synchronet files are located in /Synchronet
 Synchronet files are mirrored on ftp.synchro.net (faster).
...
ftp> dir
229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||1025|)
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
-r--r--r--   1 VERT            VERT           512 Apr 25 14:42 00index
-r--r--r--   1 VERT            VERT         10240 Apr 25 14:42 VERT.qwk

 > One of the things that my vert.ftp file does is
 > issue a PASV command, to which it gets an "Invalid Command" response. The
 > system is behind a 1:1 NAT so active FTP will not work.
 >
 > Also, I think i have found out the culprit of my "blocked" connections. I
 > noticed that the Synchronet Control Panel services log did not have
 > anyactivity in it since 4/24 10:52:24p. All nodes reported "Waiting for
 > Connection". Performing a Test-Netconnetion on port 22 and 23 returned true,
 > however attempting to connect via Telent or SSH just hung. A socket
 > connection was established, but there was not output. Turns out there were 4
 > CMD sessions on the host all stuck in the callout to vert for QWK in with:
 >
 > ftp> pasv
 > Invalid command.

That's the Windows FTP client (ftp.exe), nothing to do with Synchronet:

>ftp
ftp> pasv
Invalid command.

It appears Windows' ftp.exe has never supported passive mode:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1821850/ftp-exe-and-passive-mode

Maybe you were using a different ftp.exe (not from Microsoft) at some point?

 > ftp> put c:\sbbs\data\vert.rep vert.rep
 > 504 Bad port number.
 > 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
 >
 > Once I killed one of these sessions the telent/ssh sessions started working
 > again. Its pecurliar that there were 4 hung callouts and i have 4 nodes and
 > non ofthem were able to respond.
 >
 > I will look into the newer QWK config, but if it is dependent on FTP i may
 > have an issue.

Should work fine because both the script (qnet-ftp.js) and the sever still support passive FTP mode. And event active (the original) FTP mode can work behind a 1:1 NAT if you have an FTP-ALG, but that's no matter: passive FTP works fine.
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