weird issue with ftp client on windows and Linux

[Hetz Ben Hamo]

Hi people,

A friend of mine has a weird problem:

In his work, when he's trying to connect to an ftp server with Filezilla and
other clients on Windows to download some work related data, everything
seems to work: he's been asked for user/pass, then he gets the 220 status
message with the text and he can download all the stuff.

But with Linux, with the same filezilla (and other ftp clients), he connects
to the same ftp, gives his user/pass, then he gets the first line of 220
status message and the ftp is "freezing", no more text, no nothing. I tried
it with server ftp clients on Linux, disabled his iptables and tried it with
my Linux netbook machine at his work - same results.

I don't think it's related to the company's firewall since it works
perfectly with any ftp client on Windows without any special setting or
proxy.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Hetz
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