ftp behind firewall

[yxz11]

Total commander is the only ftp client can get through our company's firewall, it worked fine for me in the past. However, something changed on our proxy and ftp doesn't work as it should be. The problem is that Total Commander can no longer tell directory from file, and list all directories as files.

Here is the properties:

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Current directory is

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{MISSING-FILES} 17k Oct 23 16:57
{MISSING-FILES.README} 4k Aug 13 23:05
{MISSING-FILES~} 17k Sep 18 21:20
{README} 2k Aug 16 2002
{README.~1~} 1k Aug 18 2000
{before-2003-08-01.md5sums.asc} 395k Oct 23 16:55
{gnu/} 8k Nov 24 22:09 Directory
{iso/} 4k Aug 02 12:52 Directory
{lpf.README} 1k Feb 16 1993
{ls-lrR.txt} 2372k Jul 27 06:19
{old-gnu/} 4k Aug 21 16:38 Directory
{pub} 1k Aug 05 13:26 Symbolic link -> .
{third-party/} 4k Aug 02 12:01 Directory
{welcome.msg} 1k Aug 13 23:09
{welcome.msg~} 1k Apr 10 2002

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I tried to solve this by defining new server type, but I have no idea how can I define a server type for these:
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>gnu/</a> 8k Nov 24 22:09 Directory gnu
>lpf.README/</a> 1k Feb 24 22:09 lpf.README
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Thanks.

Yu

[lzvk25]

Possibly, now you have your new proxy configured as "Use Automatic Proxy Configuration" and now you only specify a http address. That happened in our company and of course TC does not support that. However, in our company we can access every FTP site without specifying any proxy server. Maybe you should try without the proxy server.

[yxz11]

Unfortunately, I have to go through firewall to access outside ftp site. BTW, does anyone know any ftp client are good at accessing ftp site behind this kind of firewall?


Thanks

[ghisler(Author)]

This looks quite bad - please ask your admins to restore the previous listing style. btw, what proxy type is this?

[lzvk25]

In my case, in Internet Explorer, in Tools -> Internet Options -> Connections Tab -> LAN Settings, in the Automatic configuration box, we have to check the "Use automatic configuration script" and in the address box we write the http address i.e. http://aaaa.bbbbb.cccc.com .

Previously we specified a regular proxy address in the "proxy server" below, and we used that same address in TC's proxy settings.

Fortunately, now we no longer require to use a proxy address for FTP communication, at least for the time being or until they realize that that particular port is open. However, it would be very useful for TC to support the "Use automatic configuration script" option since I have seen it being used in several companies more and more.

[ghisler(Author)]

The problem with this automatic configuration script is that it only informs about a HTTP proxy, which is very limited for ftp transfers. It should really only be used if a true FTP proxy isn't available.

[yxz11]

You know I've been asking around and seems no one knows what proxy is that. Seems I have to live with the annoyance.

Thanks

[ghisler(Author)]

Btw, you can press the URL button in TC and enter this URL, and TC will download the script for you. You can then have a look at the script to find our what HTTP proxy is suggested.

[yxz11]

Christian,


Forgive for asking this, however, I don't quite follow what you said:

Btw, you can press the URL button in TC and enter this URL, and TC will download the script for you.

What is "this URL" and where is the downloaded script?

If you meant the URL for proxy then TC says "connect call failed".


Thanks,


Yu

[Coco]

Hi yxz11,

The button mention by Mr G. could also be accessed by CTRL+N

Then you enter the address of the autoconfiguration script in the connect to box and TC will ask you where to save it.

It works perfectly and btw thanks for the tip Mr G.

[lzvk25]

Thanks !

Now I can also use this info for TC as well as other applications.