Re: [squid-users] transparent ftp proxy with squid

> 2010/8/16 Amos Jeffries <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz>:
>> Mamadou Touré wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all is it possible to make a transparent ftp proxy with squid ?
>>> regards.
>>
>> No. FTP protcol is not HTTP protocol.
>>
>> Try Frox. The FTP proxy.
>>

On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:45:11 +0000, Mamadou Touré <e2ia.ci_at_gmail.com>
wrote:
> when i specify the proxy setting in my browser i use squid port (3128)
> for ftp proxy.

... and your web browser contacts the proxy using HTTP. No FTP involved
outside the text in the browser address bar.

You said "transparent" in your request. I assumed you meant, as most seem
to, the firewall intercepting FTP native protocol port 20, 21, and also the
randomized data channels then passing them to the proxy. Did you mean
something else by that word?

Amos
Received on Mon Aug 16 2010 - 23:30:44 MDT