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Bernd Eckenfels commented on VFS-522:
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Hello [~george.toma]
yes please give it a try. You can start to work locally based on the Trunk.
Patches in SVN format are preferred by most commons developers, but you can
also work/fork on github (thats my preference so I can watch your fork):
https://github.com/apache/commons-vfs
What also would be nice if you can try to get in touch with Vasily from VFS-129
and/or Jimmy from VFS-167 if they want to help as well. I havent heared back
from both but I did also not try to contact them)
There are generally two options, the one which is used with setProxy (using an
application side object) is quicker to implement, but having options which map
onto string properties are better (and/or using the authenticator callback
framework of vfs) because they can be configured in files.
I would recommend you also sign up to the dev-at-commons.apache.org mailing
list, so we can discuss your proposed enhancements there (where everybody can
see and comment).
> [FTP] Proxy SOCKS && HTTP authentication
> ----------------------------------------
>
> Key: VFS-522
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VFS-522
> Project: Commons VFS
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Affects Versions: 2.1
> Reporter: George Toma
> Priority: Minor
>
> Provide support for FTP proxy authentication over HTTP and SOCKS protocols.
> Functional response from Bernd Eckenfels regarding the request for this
> functionality :
> {quote}
> George, well yes it should. However the proxy support for SFTP and FTP is
> just a thin layer on top of the actual implementation (JSch in case of ssh
> and commons.net.ftp in case of FTP). Jsch has its own classes for proxies,
> and therefore can support proxy authentication. The FTPClient only support
> java.net.Proxy (or a Socket factory). So while it is possible to add more
> proxy functionality it is a more complex change. I only have added the
> proposed minor change.
> I do wonder if there is a common socket factory in commons net or somewhere
> which could be used and if somebody want to take over that task. I will close
> this bug, can you open a new one in regards to the proxy authentication (and
> mention this comment).
> {quote}
> Based on the Apache Commons Net website :
> # The Net project uses java.net.Socket under the covers
> [this_1|http://wiki.apache.org/commons/Net/FrequentlyAskedQuestions] ( also
> @see
> [this_2|http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-net/javadocs/api-1.4.1/org/apache/commons/net/DefaultSocketFactory.html]
> )
> Related tickets :
> # VFS-167
> # VFS-129
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