Re: [squid-users] port 21 to squid

Hi,

On Sat, 12 Sep 2009, Jakob Curdes wrote:

> Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:06:04 +0200
> From: Jakob Curdes <jc_at_info-systems.de>
> To: Al - Image Hosting Services <azick_at_zickswebventures.com>
> Cc: squid-users_at_squid-cache.org
> Subject: Re: [squid-users] port 21 to squid
>
> Al - Image Hosting Services schrieb:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have routing set up to push everything from port 21 to the squid proxy
>> port. This doesn't seem to work even with IE using ftp on Windows. However
>> on linux FireFox works fine when I configure it to use the proxy with ftp
>> connections. It also seems to work fine with wget, although using gFTP
>> seems to have some issues. I was hoping to use squid to block some ftp
>> sites. Is there any way to do this?
> Only if you block port 21 and tell the browsers to use squid as FTP proxy.
> squid does FTP proxing via HTTP, it is not a true FTP proxy (but such proxies
> exist!).
> Most current FTP client can operate via a HTTP proxy in the download
> direction; uploads are a different issue. This should be ok for the
> occasional driver download; if you use FTP seriously you should look for a
> dedicated FTP proxy program.
>
> HTH,
> Jakob Curdes
>

Thanks for the info, I just wanted to make sure that I was seeing what I
thought I was seeing. I am looking to block certain ftp sites and to stop
http traffic on port 21.

Best Regards,
Al
Received on Mon Sep 14 2009 - 00:17:23 MDT