Active FTPD

For the record, there is not much to love about hosting companies who stubbornly insist that their FTP daemons only function correctly if your ftp client uses the active mode. Double worse, its the only way to update the site. WTF? why not just use good ol ssh protocols if your line of reasoning is you want it to be secure. Its a a PITA for us accessing the net with a NAT gateway.