Configuring FTP clients in an explicit proxy environment

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:


From:	To:
FTP server hostname	FTP proxy hostname
FTP server port number	FTP proxy port number (default is 2121)
FTP server username	FTP_server_username@FTP_server_hostname For example: anon@ftp.abc.com
FTP server password	FTP server password

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:

Set FTP Proxy to Custom and define USER and PASS as shown.

Set Proxy host to the Content Gateway FTP proxy hostname and port number.

Accept the settings by clicking OK.

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