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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_FTP_SKIP_PASV_IP.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_FTP_SKIP_PASV_IP.3 index d6217d0d8..fa87ddce7 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_FTP_SKIP_PASV_IP.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_FTP_SKIP_PASV_IP.3 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ .\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ .\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| .\" * -.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2017, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. +.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2020, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. .\" * .\" * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which .\" * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms @@ -35,11 +35,13 @@ address it already uses for the control connection. But it will use the port number from the 227-response. This option thus allows libcurl to work around broken server installations -that due to NATs, firewalls or incompetence report the wrong IP address back. +that due to NATs, firewalls or incompetence report the wrong IP address +back. Setting the option also reduces the risk for various sorts of client +abuse by malicious servers. This option has no effect if PORT, EPRT or EPSV is used instead of PASV. .SH DEFAULT -0 +1 since 7.74.0, was 0 before then. .SH PROTOCOLS FTP .SH EXAMPLE |