[ih] Why FTP uses two ports?

• Subject: [ih] Why FTP uses two ports?
• From: dhc2 at dcrocker.net (Dave Crocker)
• Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 08:08:24 -0700
• In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
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On 6/21/2012 7:20 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> I have this bit vaguely set that NCP sockets were unidirectional, whereas TCP
> ports are bidirectional. Was that a factor at all (if my memory of how things
> worked is even true :-)?


i was just getting started then, but my impression was that it was /not/.

d/

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  Dave Crocker
  Brandenburg InternetWorking
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