From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 24 05:33:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA26043 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 24 Apr 1998 05:33:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from relay.ucb.crimea.ua (relay.ucb.crimea.ua [194.93.177.113]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA26023 for ; Fri, 24 Apr 1998 05:32:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ru@ucb.crimea.ua) Received: (from ru@localhost) by relay.ucb.crimea.ua (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA03239; Fri, 24 Apr 1998 15:32:03 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from ru) Message-ID: <19980424153203.A3156@ucb.crimea.ua> Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 15:32:03 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov To: Hans Huebner , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NATD: Transparent ftp proxy Mail-Followup-To: Hans Huebner , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91i In-Reply-To: ; from Hans Huebner on Fri, Apr 24, 1998 at 02:20:11PM +0200 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.6-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Apr 24, 1998 at 02:20:11PM +0200, Hans Huebner wrote: > Hello there, > > does anyone here know of a transparent ftp proxy for FreeBSD? My users > keep pestering me about being unable to use 'active' ftp with our current > FreeBSD/natd configuration, and pointing me at Linux which has a > transparent ftp proxy built into the kernel (yuk). I keep telling them > that they should use passive ftp and that active ftp stinks anyway, but > somehow I'm unable to convince them. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > Hans Natd utilizes libalias - Packet Aliasing Library. This library has special support for FTP data connections. To make it work you SHOULD set the ``use_sockets'' option to ``yes''. Please see natd(8) and libalias(3) for details on how FTP support works. Regards, -- Ruslan Ermilov System Administrator ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank +380-652-247647 Simferopol, Crimea 2426679 ICQ Network, UIN To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message