Hmm, Now that I try to FTP through the firewall using the command-line FTP client (I usually use a preconfigured GUI client) it looks like my firewall works just like yours, and I now see how to set up the dselect access method. I'll go and give it a try... Yes, looks like that worked perfectly!!
Thanks a lot! Paul. >---------- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 13 October 1998 17:46 >To: Moore, Paul >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Getting at Debian distribution files > >"Moore, Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >| I'm trying to install Debian on a PC at work. I have the Debian 2.0 >| Official CD from CheapBytes, which installed fine on my home PC (which >| has a CD drive). >[snip] >| I have a network connection, so I could get the stuff from the debian >| ftp site directly, but I'm behind a firewall. Dselect does offer the >| chance to put in a proxy name/IP address, but it asks for a >| username/password, which my firewall doesn't need... >[snip] > >So how does your firewall work? I'm also behind a firewall and I >regularly use dselect, with the ftp method, to upgrade/install >packages from the debian ftp site. Say you were manually doing an >anonymous ftp to the debian mirror of your choice, how would that >work? > >For example, behind our firewall I'd do: > >ftp firewall >Name: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >331-(----GATEWAY CONNECTED TO ftp.debian.org----) >331-(220 santanni.cc.gatech.edu FTP server (Version >wu-2.4.2-academ[BETA-15](4) Thu Feb 12 17:00:23 EST 1998) ready.) >331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password. >Password: <my email address> >[message from debian anonymous ftp server goes here] >ftp> > >and I'm in. You can easily get dselect to work with such a firewall >scheme. > >Gary >
