title: Why is Passive FTP used more frequently?
body: <p>As there are two questions about Passive vs. Active FTP mode</p>
  
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  <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/681025/passive-ftp-instead-of-active-ftp">Passive FTP instead of Active FTP</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1699145/what-is-the-difference-between-active-and-passive-ftp">What is the difference between active and passive FTP?</a></li>
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  <p>And if we kindly omit existence of <code>FTP over SSH</code> or <code>FTPS</code> (aka FTP with SSL/TLS)</p>
  
  <p>What are security pros and cons of using Passive FTP?</p>
  
  <p>My question comes out from experience that nearly every FTP I've came to touch with, was using Passive mode. So if it wasn't result of internal security policy, than please what is the motivation for using Passive FTP mode?</p>