diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml index c02ed43fec..8b8d370402 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ @@ -451,10 +451,12 @@ ftp:*:99:99::0:0:FTP:/cdrom:/nonexistent will be referring to other hosts by name rather than IP address, you will also need a name server and possibly the address of a gateway (if you are using PPP, it is your provider's IP address) - to use in talking to it. If you do not know the answers to all - or most of these questions, then you should really probably talk - to your system administrator or ISP before trying - this type of installation. + to use in talking to it. If you want to install by FTP via a + HTTP proxy (see below), you will also need the proxy's address. + If you do not know the answers to all or most of these questions, + then you should really probably talk to your system administrator + or ISP before trying this type of + installation. Before Installing via NFS @@ -507,8 +509,8 @@ ftp:*:99:99::0:0:FTP:/cdrom:/nonexistent ftp://209.55.82.20/pub/FreeBSD/&rel.current;-RELEASE - There are two FTP installation modes you can choose from: - active or passive FTP. + There are three FTP installation modes you can choose from: + active or passive FTP or via a HTTP proxy. @@ -535,12 +537,29 @@ ftp:*:99:99::0:0:FTP:/cdrom:/nonexistent addresses. + + + FTP via a HTTP proxy + + + This option instructs FreeBSD to use the HTTP + protocol (like a web browser) to connect to a proxy + for all FTP operations. The proxy will translate + the requests and send them to the FTP server. + This allows the user to pass through firewalls + that do not allow FTP at all, but offer a HTTP + proxy. + In this case, you have to specify the proxy in + addition to the FTP server. + + - Active and passive modes are not the same as a - proxy connection, where a proxy FTP server is - listening and forwarding FTP requests! + There is another type of FTP proxy other tha HTTP + proxies. This type is very uncommon, though. If you + are not absolutely certain, you can assume that you + have a HTTP proxy as described above. For a proxy FTP server, you should usually give the name diff --git a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml index c02ed43fec..8b8d370402 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ @@ -451,10 +451,12 @@ ftp:*:99:99::0:0:FTP:/cdrom:/nonexistent will be referring to other hosts by name rather than IP address, you will also need a name server and possibly the address of a gateway (if you are using PPP, it is your provider's IP address) - to use in talking to it. If you do not know the answers to all - or most of these questions, then you should really probably talk - to your system administrator or ISP before trying - this type of installation. + to use in talking to it. If you want to install by FTP via a + HTTP proxy (see below), you will also need the proxy's address. + If you do not know the answers to all or most of these questions, + then you should really probably talk to your system administrator + or ISP before trying this type of + installation. Before Installing via NFS @@ -507,8 +509,8 @@ ftp:*:99:99::0:0:FTP:/cdrom:/nonexistent ftp://209.55.82.20/pub/FreeBSD/&rel.current;-RELEASE - There are two FTP installation modes you can choose from: - active or passive FTP. + There are three FTP installation modes you can choose from: + active or passive FTP or via a HTTP proxy. @@ -535,12 +537,29 @@ ftp:*:99:99::0:0:FTP:/cdrom:/nonexistent addresses. + + + FTP via a HTTP proxy + + + This option instructs FreeBSD to use the HTTP + protocol (like a web browser) to connect to a proxy + for all FTP operations. The proxy will translate + the requests and send them to the FTP server. + This allows the user to pass through firewalls + that do not allow FTP at all, but offer a HTTP + proxy. + In this case, you have to specify the proxy in + addition to the FTP server. + + - Active and passive modes are not the same as a - proxy connection, where a proxy FTP server is - listening and forwarding FTP requests! + There is another type of FTP proxy other tha HTTP + proxies. This type is very uncommon, though. If you + are not absolutely certain, you can assume that you + have a HTTP proxy as described above. For a proxy FTP server, you should usually give the name