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Configuring FTP clients in an explicit proxy environment
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When Content Gateway is configured to proxy FTP traffic (see FTP), FTP client applications, such as FileZilla or WS_FTP, should be configured to send FTP requests to the proxy. When so configured, the user works with the FTP client application as if no proxy were present.
To connect to an FTP server, 4 pieces of information are usually needed. These pieces of information are mapped as follows:
FTP proxy hostname
FTP proxy port number (default is 2121)
Some FTP client applications have a configuration page for specifying FTP proxy information. Update those settings to point to the Content Gateway FTP proxy. See your FTP client application documentation.
Here is an example configuration using a recent version of FileZilla.
In the FTP Proxy area:
1.
Set FTP Proxy to Custom and define USER and PASS as shown.
2.
Set Proxy host to the Content Gateway FTP proxy hostname and port number.
3.
The user then enters FTP connection information in the usual way, as if no proxy were present. For example:
Host: ftp.example.com
Username: anon
Password: 123abc
If the FTP client application is not configured, the user must enter FTP requests as shown below.
Host: Content Gateway proxy hostname
Username: anon@ftp.example.com
Password: 123abc
Port: 2121

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