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Getting network error using utl tcp package

Oracle 11g
Linux red hat

New to FTP. Trying out UTL TCP program used in Tim Hall's FTP package. Created an FTP site and I am able to access. The plsql program gives the following error

DECLARE
  l_conn  UTL_TCP.connection;
BEGIN
  l_conn := ftp.login('ftp.ftpsite.com', '21', 'uname', 'pwd');
  ftp.ascii(p_conn => l_conn);
  ftp.get(p_conn      => l_conn,
          p_from_file => '/ftpfolder/filename.csv',
          p_to_dir    => 'mydir',
          p_to_file   => 'xyz.csv');
  ftp.logout(l_conn);
END;
/

ORA-29260: network error: not connected
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_TCP", line 235
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_TCP", line 473
ORA-06512: at "HR.FTP", line 267
ORA-24247: network access denied by access control list (ACL)
ORA-06512: at "HR.FTP", line 479
ORA-06512: at line 6
29260. 00000 -  "network error: %s"
*Cause:    A network error occurred.
*Action:   Fix the network error and retry the operation.


I have added the ftp site to acl list. Is there anything I should look into..

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I installed sdstuber's ftp program and still i get the same error. It must be in the way i created ftp site but not sure. Let me know if you have come across this issue

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I ran this as dba on my sandbox database

BEGIN
DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN.drop_acl (
acl => 'ftp_permissions.xml');
COMMIT;
END;


begin
dbms_network_acl_admin.create_acl (
acl => 'ftp_permissions.xml', -- or any other name
description => 'ftp Access',
principal => 'HR', -- the user name trying to access the network resource
is_grant => TRUE,
privilege => 'connect',
start_date => null,
end_date => null
);
end;
/

commit;



 begin
DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN.ADD_PRIVILEGE(acl => 'ftp_permissions.xml',
principal => 'HR',
is_grant => true,
privilege => 'connect');
end;
/

commit;


 begin
DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN.ADD_PRIVILEGE(acl => 'ftp_permissions.xml',
principal => 'HR',
is_grant => true,
privilege => 'resolve');
end;
/

commit;

BEGIN
dbms_network_acl_admin.assign_acl (
acl => 'ftp_permissions.xml',
host => 'ftp.ftpsite.com', /*can be computer name or IP , wildcards are accepted as well for example - '*.us.oracle.com'*/
lower_port => 21,
upper_port => 21
);
END;
/

I see the acl connection I created using below query


 SELECT *
FROM dba_network_acls;


ftp.ftpsite.com      21      21

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Bingo, worked!

@sdstuber What do you recommend as best practice. To send a file to third party offsite, do you recommend generating file and use shell program to send the file or use oracle plsql? I think there is lot of flexibility in leveraging utl_tcp/http, will there be security implications. Reading more about active and passive ftp connection

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If your data is in the database I'd lean toward pl/sql.  Using my package you don't even need to generate a file (although you can if you want/need to.)  You can send a clob or blob directly from the db to the remote server as a file without needing to create a physical file locally.

Security is important, but if you control your ACL grants (the principal assignments) and limit access to the package it shouldn't be a problem keeping the sending secure.
As for the acl ports, they are no more or less secure than what you need to do it for a client.  Think of it the acl like an extra firewall layer.  If your external firewall doesn't allow communication across ports 1024-65535 then your external client won't be able to talk to the remote server either.

If your data is not inside the database then I'd probably use something external to the db.