Depending on your versions, FXP will be supported : read for wu-ftpd : http://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/esp-team.scene.hu/esp-team/linux/mc-4.1.35-A10.txt As far as Iptables is concerned, you can support it in you patch-o-matic comilation. Read this : http://www.knowplace.org/netfilter/ipt_compile.html