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Re: curl vs. socks5

From: Jochen Hayek <Jochen+curl_at_Hayek.name>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 20:16:29 +0100

>>>>> "DS" == Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_haxx.se> writes:

    DS> On Mon, 12 Feb 2007, Daniel Beardsmore wrote:

>> Sorry, I was trying to say that they don't all rewrite private IPs
>> within packets themselves. i.e. the string "PORT 10.1.2.3" won't
>> necessarily be converted to a public IP by the router itself. Some
>> NAT routers take on this role and "fix" all your packets for you.

    DS> And if the NAT/router fixes this, it certainly fixes it for curl as
    DS> well and thus it should work the same...

    DS> Hence my question about SOCKS on the incoming connection.

"NAT + socks + FTP active mode" works for the ftp cmd line utility,
so it should work for curl as well.

J.
Received on 2007-02-12