# SFTP with Passive Mode (PASV)

**URL:** <https://forum.cloverdx.com/t/sftp-with-passive-mode-pasv/1465>\
**Category:** CloverDX Platform\
**Created:** [August 25, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.cloverdx.com/t/sftp-with-passive-mode-pasv/1465 "2014-08-25T00:00:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![otto\_brunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@otto\_brunner](https://forum.cloverdx.com/u/otto_brunner)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.cloverdx.com/t/sftp-with-passive-mode-pasv/1465/1 "2014-08-25T00:00:00Z")

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Hi,

We are reading a remote datafile using a universal datareader configured for SFTP, but we need to switch the reader to passive mode (PASV command) to pass the firewall.

How can we do that with Clover ?

Thanks  
Otto

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**Author:** ![slechtaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@slechtaj](https://forum.cloverdx.com/u/slechtaj)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.cloverdx.com/t/sftp-with-passive-mode-pasv/1465/2 "2014-08-26T14:49:40Z")

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Hi Otto,

It seems you are talking about FTPS instead of SFTP since SFTP doesn’t have active and passive modes ([http://fetchsoftworks.com/fetch/help/Co … /SFTP.html](http://fetchsoftworks.com/fetch/help/Contents/Concepts/SFTP.html)). However, latest product version does not support FTPS, so in case you need to work with secured connection you might take into consideration SFTP instead.

Hope this helps.