Re: dselect ftp through fire-wall

1996-09-03 Thread Martin Fehlhaber
First of all I'd like to thank you a lot for your advise. Unfortunately I couldn't get our firewall to let me pass through to ftp.debian.org using the parameters in dselect's ftp access. Fortunately control lies in perl scripts. I had to modify those that call FTP.pm, but then it worked like a ch

Re: dselect ftp through fire-wall

1996-08-30 Thread Brian C. White
> I sure hope this is not a FAQ... > > How is it possible to use the ftp access from within dselect to reach > through a fire-wall system? Alternatives? I don't know about dpkg-ftp, but 'dftp' can run through a firewall. The only firewall I ever tested it with was the "Eagle Secure Gateway", but

Re: dselect ftp through fire-wall

1996-08-30 Thread Richard G. Roberto
On Fri, 30 Aug 1996, Martin Fehlhaber wrote: > I sure hope this is not a FAQ... > > How is it possible to use the ftp access from within dselect to reach > through a fire-wall system? Alternatives? Some firewalls allow you to log in with a coded login/passwd pair so it can make the proxified con

Re: dselect ftp through fire-wall

1996-08-30 Thread Shaya Potter
It really depends on what firewall you are using. Where I am we are using TIS's (the maker's of the Firewall Toolkit) Gauntlet firewall, it allows for transparent access if you make the firewall the default gateway of your computer. However, if your firewall doesn't allow transparent access,

dselect ftp through fire-wall

1996-08-30 Thread Martin Fehlhaber
I sure hope this is not a FAQ... How is it possible to use the ftp access from within dselect to reach through a fire-wall system? Alternatives? Thanx, -- Martin Fehlhaber [EMAIL PROTECTED]