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Re: libcurl and ftp native proxy

From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel-curl_at_haxx.se>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:24:42 +0200 (CEST)

On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Pavel Orehov wrote:

> I am using the last version libcurl library. In my setup i have ftp native
> proxy (frox) and i want libcurl connect to this ftp proxy and talk him ftp
> native. I have tried to configure libcurl according docs but curl always
> talk ftp over http with ftp native proxy.

Or said differently, libcurl only supports SOCKS5 and HTTP proxies.

> So my question is how should i configure libcurl to be able talk with ftp
> native proxy on ftp native protocol and not ftp over http ?

A) Add the missing code in libcurl

B) Adjust the ftp commands accordingly, to use the proxy as required.

There's no such thing as a standard ftp proxy, so we can't guess how either of
these two ways should be done exactly to make them work for you.

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Received on 2005-06-15