From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 14 23:10:39 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFD3A16A417 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:10:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sullrich@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com (rv-out-0910.google.com [209.85.198.189]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F46D13C43E for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:10:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sullrich@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id l15so1161569rvb.43 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:10:39 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=Ry8w2/1fMJx3Em+UUNhHDpfgkfSAmMzP7ctJZFC2Yvk=; b=LODc3HWcs41K6s0u/mpWw8TX+4Ujy4XnR3yD3HOpUby4M7IiGlg0IigeJO8+pV2Zp7Q8wCtwmTpXS/PiS7V7/q2RLtM7P5nDsN9/EkK3rBHeiAopQRoOZXM7JQxSl//kFD3EZHmPYHqenMmz9P8O0AV3izpz0DWQ5dRO3sVeiCA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=j8QxI4BrbRdqFkO006wtaRTUS/JpuJrrcVicOIDA/o5BYHOCddKLjgXQQhIXBwZpgkJAZB2WO51Zxtiv8A9ggYxxvarBBV0yIuSAM4B12WU9lJlXk+mlPRxgomXwhYLK0pW7Jx3ZhQIcdCK+N6aQiBo0PTI1eN1DpIoX2QS99rs= Received: by 10.141.29.18 with SMTP id g18mr2275773rvj.298.1197673839191; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:10:39 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.140.193.9 with HTTP; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:10:39 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:10:39 -0500 From: "Scott Ullrich" To: "J.R. Oldroyd" In-Reply-To: <20071214175541.158bfa29@linwhf.opal.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20071214153229.17383065@linwhf.opal.com> <200712142239.13422.max@love2party.net> <20071214170722.5e5853c3@linwhf.opal.com> <200712142322.29072.max@love2party.net> <20071214175541.158bfa29@linwhf.opal.com> Cc: Max Laier , Remko Lodder , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: deprecate ftp-proxy in favor of ftp/pftpx X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:10:39 -0000 On Dec 14, 2007 5:55 PM, J.R. Oldroyd wrote: > > Admittedly, I was under the impression that the proxy host here had > been upgraded to 7.0; this turns out to be not the case. > > The ftp-proxy host in question is one of the few here that has not > yet been upgraded from 6.2 to 7.0. It is therefore still running the > OpenBSD 3.7-derived ftp-proxy. A bunch of desk/laptops here have > recently been upgraded to 7.0 and with that came recent versions > of firefox. I gather that a change in firefox documented here: > http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-11.html > no longer permits the behavior of ftp-proxy in changing the data port, > making recent versions of firefox incompatible with the old ftp-proxy. > That's why firefox appeared to stop working. > > I do see that the ftp-proxy on 7.0 has been changed and that the > man page does look rather like the one for pftpx, so I now see > that what you're saying, Max, looks right. > > The problem I ran into, that of having new 7.0 desktops and recent > versions of tools like firefox, together with a 6.x firewall/proxy > host, may be a situation others run into over the next few weeks. > Perhaps it's worth posting a heads up to stable@ once 7.0 is > released, explaining that folks still using 6.x on a firewall/proxy > will need to replace ftp-proxy with ftp/pftpx, and then go back > to ftp-proxy when they upgrade the firewall/proxy host to 7.x. > > I had seen the note in UPDATING, but that note does not mention > the breakage with firefox or what the solution is. I recently ported the latest OpenBSD ftp-proxy over (v1.15) and it is available if anyone wants to use it at http://www.pfsense.com/~sullrich/ported_software/ftp-proxy_v1.15.tgz This version should hopefully do everything you need. Scott