Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 09:33:03 -0700 From: Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com> To: Kaya Saman <kayasaman@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80? Message-ID: <C412A022-7C3C-45FB-8662-ED299C272937@fisglobal.com> In-Reply-To: <CAPj0R5KJ=0yFcQG5azYfCS73oWLAfJhf4NpAz5Oozo4N-vYQyg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAPj0R5KJ=0yFcQG5azYfCS73oWLAfJhf4NpAz5Oozo4N-vYQyg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Jul 12, 2012, at 9:23 AM, Kaya Saman wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I am trying to introduce FreeBSD into my office and it's been looked > at with quite a bit of enthusiasm however, what makes it look bad is > our companies 'security' policy to block FTP. >=20 > At present they are running a whole bunch of CentOS based boxes and > VM's which of course can be run through port 80 when using YUM. >=20 >=20 > How does one get round this issue as my superiors are telling me that > opening up FTP is a security risk and therefor don't want to proceed? >=20 >=20 > I would like to use ports specifically and not the pkg_add tool to get so= ftware. >=20 >=20 > Can anyone sugget anything? >=20 env ftp_proxy=3Dhost:port <command> where <command> is your normal command, such as "fetch". For a full list of environment variables you can use,=85 $ ldd -f '%p\n' `which fetch` | xargs grep -alr ftp_proxy | xargs strings -= n 7 | grep _proxy=20 fetch_no_proxy_match fetch_default_proxy_port http_proxy ftp_proxy no_proxy --=20 Devin _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidentia= l. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message an= d all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any ma= nner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware= that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and revie= w by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.
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