From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 22 11:37: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from host2.hostmatters.com (host2.hostmatters.com [209.239.36.156]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACC7637B71F for ; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 11:36:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ben@cahostnet.com) Received: from nhqadmin17 (224host13.redcross.org [162.6.224.13]) by host2.hostmatters.com (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f2MJamY28534; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 14:36:48 -0500 Message-ID: <004d01c0b308$044f73c0$6102a00a@nhqadmin17> From: "Ben" To: "Ian McGhie" , References: <001c01c0b304$737bace0$0200a8c0@crc> Subject: Re: I give up Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 14:40:57 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_004A_01C0B2DE.1B2E8010" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_004A_01C0B2DE.1B2E8010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable You need to talk to whomever is responsible for your firewall to see if = they allow the traffic through. You'll be doing an ftp so they need to = allow that. Most work firewall I've seen don't allow such things for = regular users but you may be a little different. This is not a bsd = issue, you need to get through your firewall first. WSFTP allows you to = configure it to pass through firewall. Look in the configuration and it = supports your format listed below, but the same issues stays the same. = Hope this helps or points you to the correct path. An example will be = when I first tried to use cvsup to update my system, it would fail. = That's because I hadn't configured my firewall allow the port (not bsd = problem). When I did this it worked like a charm. Ben ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Ian McGhie=20 To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 2:15 PM Subject: I give up Hi! Iam trying to download ports through a firewall. None of the appropriate docs (that i have found) mention this. My firewall proxy is on port 6969 and the login format is user@site this is followed by a password prompt. What do i do? thanx -Ian ------=_NextPart_000_004A_01C0B2DE.1B2E8010 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
You need to talk to whomever is = responsible for=20 your firewall to see if they allow the traffic through.  You'll be = doing an=20 ftp so they need to allow that.  Most work firewall I've seen don't = allow=20 such things for regular users but you may be a little different.  = This is=20 not a bsd issue, you need to get through your firewall first.  = WSFTP allows=20 you to configure it to pass through firewall.  Look in the = configuration=20 and it supports your format listed below, but the same issues stays the=20 same.  Hope this helps or points you to the correct path.  An = example=20 will be when I first tried to use cvsup to update my system, it would=20 fail.  That's because I hadn't configured my firewall allow the = port (not=20 bsd problem).  When I did this it worked like a charm.
 
Ben
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Ian = McGhie
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 = 2:15=20 PM
Subject: I give up

Hi!
 
Iam trying to download ports through = a=20 firewall.
 
None of the appropriate docs (that i = have found)=20 mention this.
 
My firewall proxy is on port 6969 and = the login=20 format is
user@site
this is followed by a password=20 prompt.
 
What do i do?
 
thanx
-Ian
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