hang on I did it muyself..
whadda ya know..
debian even has one...
http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/net/ftp-proxy.html
hehhehe
dave
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Stephen Graham
> Sent: Tuesday, 5 September 2000 9:28 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [SLUG] Forwarding FTP connections to an internal server
> (continued)
>
>
> Hey
>
> I just thought I would report the (quite unfortunate) results of
> my attempts
> so far (on Debian GNU/Linux 2.2, the firewall machine is also ip
> masquerading (successfully) some internal hosts for web, outbound FTP
> etc)...
>
> I tried simply forwarding port 21 to the internal FTP server, but
> this does
> not work since the outbound packets get lost.
>
> This is the same as what happens when I try to use an FTP
> redirection client
> or any port forwarding (or autofw) strategies I have thusfar encountered.
>
> Unfortunately, Fred Vile's patch (to allow inbound FTP) is only
> for the 2.0
> kernel. I found a similar patch for the 2.2 kernel, but it
> apparently does
> not work as it also seems to loose the outbound data packets
> (specifically,
> the client can send the 200 (PORT) command fine, but then it
> hangs, and when
> I send ^C to the client it just says (421, connection closed by host)).
>
> The IP Masq HOWTO (which is great for most things) simply says that it can
> not be done, but that the new NetFilter may take care of this.
>
> Does anyone have experience with NetFilter? (Esp retro-fitting it
> onto a 2.2
> firewall)
>
> Also, it was suggested by a friend that I use squid to proxy the FTP
> connections. Does anyone have experience with this option (or
> even know if
> it is possible!)
>
> Thanks
>
> Stephen
>
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