[Help-gnutls] GnuTLS error -8: A record packet with illegal version was received.

[Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos]

Alan Zheng wrote:
> Hello all:
> 
> I am Alan, I used ftp client ("filezilla") to connect my ftp server 
> (vsftpd with ssl). I used PASV mode. I want to use 443 port to transfer 
> data, but I got an error message "GnuTLS error -8: A record packet with 
> illegal version was received."
> 
> Did you know if GnuTLS don't allow ftp server to use 443 port (I know 
> 443 port for https, but I have not https)?

This doesn't seem a gnutls problem. Probably you are starting a TLS 
connection on a clear channel, or some protocol error in the ftp has 
occurred. Use wireshark to find our what happened.

regards,
Nikos