Subject: bin/3245: ftp(1) doesn't know about ftp_proxy.
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <mrg@eterna.com.au>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 02/22/1997 10:26:33
>Number:         3245
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       ftp(1) doesn't know about ftp_proxy.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Feb 22 02:50:02 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     matthew green
>Organization:
people's front against (bozotic) www (softwar foundation)
>Release:        <NetBSD-current source date>19970217
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD splode.eterna.com.au 1.2C NetBSD 1.2C (_splode_) #343: Wed Feb 19 12:18:08 EST 1997 mrg@splode.eterna.com.au:/orb/m/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/_splode_ sparc


>Description:
	

	ftp(1) no knows about a HTTP proxy server (via http_proxy) but,
	it can't use a ftp_proxy server :-(

>How-To-Repeat:
	
	be behind a firewall, and try to use ftp(1) for a ftp: URL rather
	than a http: URL.

>Fix:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: