> Most protocols support HTTP proxy, but note that non-HTTP over such a
> proxy will also speak HTTP unless you "tunnel through" it.
I do not really understand what you mean by "non-HTTP over such a proxy will
also speak HTTP"
I understand that tunneling is in fact connecting to the proxy, making a
request to it to connect to the real target, then using the proxy connection
'as-if'.
So without tunneling, does it mean that the FTP RETR would become a HTTP
GET?
If I want to do full FTP (SIZE, RETR, MKDIR...) I must use tunneling, isn't
it?

> Then there's socks4 and socks5 proxies and those are generally not very
> well supported for anything, but I believe they work at least for plain
> simple HTTP and probably for FTP too.
hum it would be interesting to have a clear view of this (not really
possible to explain to my users this kind of "it may or it may not"), if I
can make a small table by digging in the code, i'll try to.

Armel
Received on 2006-09-12