Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 14:40:57 -0500 From: "Ben" <ben@cahostnet.com> To: "Ian McGhie" <ian@crcw.mb.ca>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: I give up Message-ID: <004d01c0b308$044f73c0$6102a00a@nhqadmin17> References: <001c01c0b304$737bace0$0200a8c0@crc>
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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 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4611.1300" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ben</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dian@crcw.mb.ca href=3D"mailto:ian@crcw.mb.ca">Ian = McGhie</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dquestions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 href=3D"mailto:questions@FreeBSD.ORG">questions@FreeBSD.ORG</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 22, 2001 = 2:15=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> I give up</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Iam trying to download ports through = a=20 firewall.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>None of the appropriate docs (that i = have found)=20 mention this.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My firewall proxy is on port 6969 and = the login=20 format is</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"mailto:user@site">user@site</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>this is followed by a password=20 prompt.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>What do i do?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>thanx</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>-Ian</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_004A_01C0B2DE.1B2E8010-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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