Re: FTP-applications (or a good FTP-proxy)?

From: Henrik Nordstrom <hno@dont-contact.us>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 20:29:11 +0200

Mario Camou wrote:

> If you're running Linux on your firewall, the Linux kernel has
> an FTP proxy.

Technically what's in the Linux kernel is not a proxy, it is packet
level IP masquerading / NAT with packet rewriting for FTP and some other
protocols.

A proxy generally requires the client to know about the proxy.

---
Henrik Nordstrom
Spare time Squid hacker

Received on Thu Oct 22 1998 - 15:10:03 MDT

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