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Not sure if this is a firewall problem on my end, or if IBM's ftp server is messed up, can someone confirm?
I'm using SFTP client with passive mode enabled on Windows 7 64bit, Norton Internet Security disabled.

I'm trying to access software/integration/support/supportpacs

ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com

Tried logging in as anonymous, password hello@foo.com, keep getting errors from the server saying

The requested name is valid, but no data of the requested type was
found. Connection failed.

I confirmed it's not a firewall issue by making a test connection to ftp.ed.ac.uk

Best Answer

I tried this and it worked fine for me (anonymous as username, any password).

I wonder if the problem is that you are using passive mode ? When I attempted to connect and set passive mode off, the service ground to a halt.