...it seem that im not able to use dyn-ip thingies that exist around :-/


all i want is to be able to set a ftp server in home to be accesable when im ... not in home

Have a buddy try to connect to various services from a different ISP.

you could run nmap against your ip from another machine on the internet (or have someone do it for you):

http://www.insecure.org/nmap/


this would show you what's up with the ftp port:

nmap -p 21 your_ip_or_domain


you can make the ftp server listen on another port if 21 is getting blocked...

i tried that:

>nmap -p 21 your_ip_or_domain

Starting nmap 3.45 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2003-09-22 23:51 VET
Note: Host seems down. If it is really up, but blocking our ping probes, try -P0
Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (0 hosts up) scanned in 23.997 seconds

>nmap -P0 -p 21 your_ip_or_domain

Interesting ports on your_ip_or_domain:

WARNING! The following files exist and are readable: /home/.../share/nmap/nmap-services and ./nmap-services. I am choosing /home/.../share/nmap/nmap-services for security reasons. set NMAPDIR=. to give priority to files in your local directory
PORT STATE SERVICE
21/tcp filtered ftp

Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 46.850 seconds



the port is "filtered".. What other test could i do to know more about it?


thanks!!

You could either run the ftpd on a different port, or set up apache to serve your "ftp directory" via a web interface. Secure it with .htaccess and you should be OK. Not super-security, but then again neither is FTP.