RE: [squid-users] squid ftp proxying clarification

 
>
> Dear Squid people,
>
> I was using a Windows proxy server for connecting Our LAN users to the
> Internet. So once the ftp-client program in the users computers was
> configured with the Windows Proxy IP address and another port
> other than
> 21(which is specified as FTP proxy port in the Windows Proxy
> Server) in the
> ftp-proxies section,users could connect to ftp sites on the
> internet by just
> typing the site URL in the ftp-client. The ftp-client most of
> us use is
> FileZilla.
>
> I Plan to swithch over to OpenBSD 3.5 Proxy and Firewall
> machine. So now I
> have OpenBSD 3.5 installed on a computer with Squid Proxy
> Installed on it. I
> also managed to get Squid configured and the LAN users can access the
> Websites on the Internet through it. There is no problem with
> http access
> and it is much faster I think.
>
> I am a bit confused about configuring the ftp proxy part of
> it. I got a bit
> confused from the documentation about transparent proxying and all.
>
> Could You please tell me what are the parameters I should
> change in the
> squid.conf and what values I should give them so that the
> users in the LAN
> can access the FTP sites as earlier?
>
> Is it possible to restrict users and specify which users can
> access which
> sites?
>
> Note: The Squid Proxy is installed on an OpenBSD 3.5 computer
> with 2 NICs.
> One NIC has an Internet static IP address and is connected to an ADSL
> router. The other NIC has an Internal IP Address and is
> connected to the LAN
> switch.
>
> Could you also please refer me to some resource on the internet which
> explains what "transparent proxying" is and what "passive
> mode" and "active
> mode" is.
>
> If I enable "packet filtering" in OpenBSD are there specific
> issues that I
> should be careful about while using "Squid Proxy"?
>
 
 Basically , and not addressing all queries in this text : squid can
not be used a native ftp proxy. Stated somehwat different -> Squid can only
serve ftp content through http.

M.
Received on Sat Jul 24 2004 - 07:34:07 MDT