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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Patch to add direct FTP proxy support in kio_ftp
From:       David Ankers <d.ankers () chello ! nl>
Date:       2001-06-30 1:58:57
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I wouldn't describe a firewall that doesn't allow active ftp as "broken", I'd 
say it working quite well. Any good firewall that does traffic inspection to 
allow returning traffic is going to need passive mode, what's the current 
default for kio_ftp by the way?

David

On Saturday 30 June 2001 01:32, Martijn Klingens wrote:
> On Saturday 30 June 2001 00:00, Dawit Alemayehu wrote:
> > Well that actually does not belong in the proxy config dialog, but rather
> > in the Network/Preferences dialog since some people that do not use proxy
> > servers also have problem with passive mode settings.  Hence it will have
> > to go to that dialog along with the "EnableAutoLogin" entry...
>
> I wouldn't do that. My school has a very broken firewall that does not
> allow active FTP (i.e. you _MUST_ use passive mode or it won't work at
> all). If my school decided to use DeLeGate as proxy (not that I know, but
> just so you get the idea ;-) the passive mode for DeLeGate must be off.
>
> Since the proxy is likely to be located way before the firewall you end up
> with a mixed setting of active FTP before the firewall and passive after.
> That is not possible to configure easily (if at all), but at least a
> separation between proxy and general outgoing traffic would be a good idea
> IMO.
>
> Martijn
>
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