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Re: Can LibCurl do FTPS via a Socks5 proxy?

From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_haxx.se>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 09:57:11 +0200 (CEST)

On Wed, 23 Aug 2006, Seaborg wrote:

> I am trying to use libcurl to download some files from a FTPS ( implicit
> SSL, port 990 ) server via a socks5 proxy, which always return me a error
> message. Can anybody confirm LibCurl support this?

Nope. libcurl DOES NOT support this, as is mentioned in docs/KNOWN_BUGS #23.

libcurl does however have code for doing SOCKS5 connections and for doing FTPS
so anyone with some skills, some time and a SOCKS5 proxy could make it happen.

> BTW. I am using version 7.15.3, and I can download via the socks5 proxy by
> using CuteFTP.

This isn't supported in the latest version (7.15.5) either.

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Received on 2006-08-23