On Feb 22, 4:50pm, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
} Subject: RE: [ale] FTPing with a browser
} Okay - then why does FTPing with a browser work through our proxy server but
} FTP clients don't, no matter how we configure them with proxy server info?
} (granted, you probably aren't in a position to answer that, but we've never
} received a satisfactory answer from the people who run our proxy server
} either)
}
} - Jeff
Hi Jeff, did you configure your FTP clients to use PASSIVE mode? I think that
the Web browsers use PASSV mode to avoid problems with firewalls.
Peter
} > -----Original Message-----
} > From: Michael H. Warfield [mailto:">mhw@wittsend.com]
} > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 4:42 PM
} > To: Jeff Hubbs
} > Cc: ">ale@ale.org
} > Subject: Re: [ale] FTPing with a browser
} >
} >
} > On Tue, Feb 22, 2000 at 04:43:17PM -0500, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
} > > Can someone explain what is actually happening when one
} > tries FTP with a Web
} > > browser? Is the browser actually doing HTTP and a
} > conversion takes place on
} > > the server side? What's the real story?
} >
} > No. It understands the ftp protocol and is acting like an
} > ftp client.
} >
} > > - Jeff
} >
} > Mike
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