i would call that a regression within a stable release and this default should be changed in the fedora kernel!

looks like iwth kernel 4.7 you need "net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_helper = 1" in sysctl.conf to continue things like PASV FTP or Hylafax (which uses FTP as procotocol) working like before

there are warnings over years now at boot but nobody was able to tell until today how you are supposed to solve "the kernel needs to be aware about the prococol and open the data port for the client IP" - all you find is that the current way is unsecure - well - open the port range for any IP would be much more unsecure as any magic _______________________________________

in case of a server providing hylafax and ftp services for specific machines (controlled by iptables allow 21/4559 only for them) the config until now looks like:

/etc/sysconfig/iptables-config: IPTABLES_MODULES="nf_conntrack_ftp"

/etc/modprobe.d/iptables-conntrack.conf: options nf_conntrack_ftp ports=21,4559