Re: ftp proxy from Macintosh doesn't work

On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Takuya Mori wrote:

> Though I can use ftp proxy from my Macintosh version of
> Netscape Navigator 3.01, cannot use from anarchie 2.01
> and fetch 3.01.

FAQ!!

Squid is not a "proxy" in the traditional firewall sense, but in a more
contemporary Web sense; that is, it does not speak the same protocols on
both sides of the query.

Squid (like CERN/W3C, Apache and other Web proxies) only talks the HTTP
protocol to the client/browser, therefore if your FTP clients (Anarchie
and Fetch) cannot talk HTTP to the proxy server, they cannot use Squid as
a proxy.

> Does anyone know how I can use squid's ftp proxy from those
> ftp client program on Macintosh?

The "ftp://" in requests indicates how Squid will retreive the object from
the remote server, not that it is an automatic proxy for the FTP protocol
per se.

Cheers..

dave
Received on Fri Apr 04 1997 - 02:33:26 MST