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FTP configuration issues

I found that it was a real mess to set up a FTP server in a DMZ, behind a firewall Cisco Asa (501 model with IOS version 7.0).

The FTP server is on the DMZ area, and therefore I natted a public IP to the private IP in the DMZ subnet of this server.

static (dmz,outside) <public IP> <private_IP> netmask 255.255.255.255

Doing so, I expect that my FTP server (like Vsftpd on Linux) to be reachable within its public IP, from the Asa external interface.
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