Explain the use of FTP via a HTTP proxy.
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<chapter id="install">
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<chapter id="install">
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will be referring to other hosts by name rather than IP address,
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will be referring to other hosts by name rather than IP address,
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you will also need a name server and possibly the address of a
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you will also need a name server and possibly the address of a
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gateway (if you are using PPP, it is your provider's IP address)
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gateway (if you are using PPP, it is your provider's IP address)
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to use in talking to it. If you do not know the answers to all
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to use in talking to it. If you want to install by FTP via a
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or most of these questions, then you should really probably talk
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HTTP proxy (see below), you will also need the proxy's address.
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to your system administrator or ISP <emphasis>before</emphasis> trying
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If you do not know the answers to all or most of these questions,
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this type of installation.</para>
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then you should really probably talk to your system administrator
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or ISP <emphasis>before</emphasis> trying this type of
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installation.</para>
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<sect4>
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<title>Before Installing via NFS</title>
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<title>Before Installing via NFS</title>
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<screen><userinput>ftp://209.55.82.20/pub/FreeBSD/&rel.current;-RELEASE</userinput></screen>
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<screen><userinput>ftp://209.55.82.20/pub/FreeBSD/&rel.current;-RELEASE</userinput></screen>
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<para>There are two FTP installation modes you can choose from:
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<para>There are three FTP installation modes you can choose from:
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active or passive FTP.</para>
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active or passive FTP or via a HTTP proxy.</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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addresses.</para>
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addresses.</para>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>FTP via a HTTP proxy</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This option instructs FreeBSD to use the HTTP
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protocol (like a web browser) to connect to a proxy
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for all FTP operations. The proxy will translate
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the requests and send them to the FTP server.
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This allows the user to pass through firewalls
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that do not allow FTP at all, but offer a HTTP
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proxy.
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In this case, you have to specify the proxy in
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addition to the FTP server.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</variablelist>
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<note>
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<note>
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<para>Active and passive modes are not the same as a
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<para>There is another type of FTP proxy other tha HTTP
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<quote>proxy</quote> connection, where a proxy FTP server is
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proxies. This type is very uncommon, though. If you
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listening and forwarding FTP requests!</para>
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are not absolutely certain, you can assume that you
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have a HTTP proxy as described above.</para>
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</note>
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</note>
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<para>For a proxy FTP server, you should usually give the name
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<para>For a proxy FTP server, you should usually give the name
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<!--
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The FreeBSD Documentation Project
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The FreeBSD Documentation Project
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$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml,v 1.57 2000/08/10 01:30:13 marko Exp $
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$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml,v 1.58 2000/09/10 10:20:16 alex Exp $
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<chapter id="install">
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<chapter id="install">
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will be referring to other hosts by name rather than IP address,
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will be referring to other hosts by name rather than IP address,
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you will also need a name server and possibly the address of a
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you will also need a name server and possibly the address of a
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gateway (if you are using PPP, it is your provider's IP address)
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gateway (if you are using PPP, it is your provider's IP address)
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to use in talking to it. If you do not know the answers to all
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to use in talking to it. If you want to install by FTP via a
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or most of these questions, then you should really probably talk
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HTTP proxy (see below), you will also need the proxy's address.
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to your system administrator or ISP <emphasis>before</emphasis> trying
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If you do not know the answers to all or most of these questions,
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this type of installation.</para>
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then you should really probably talk to your system administrator
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or ISP <emphasis>before</emphasis> trying this type of
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installation.</para>
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<sect4>
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<title>Before Installing via NFS</title>
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<title>Before Installing via NFS</title>
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@ -507,8 +509,8 @@ ftp:*:99:99::0:0:FTP:/cdrom:/nonexistent</programlisting>
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<screen><userinput>ftp://209.55.82.20/pub/FreeBSD/&rel.current;-RELEASE</userinput></screen>
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<screen><userinput>ftp://209.55.82.20/pub/FreeBSD/&rel.current;-RELEASE</userinput></screen>
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<para>There are two FTP installation modes you can choose from:
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<para>There are three FTP installation modes you can choose from:
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active or passive FTP.</para>
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active or passive FTP or via a HTTP proxy.</para>
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<variablelist>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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addresses.</para>
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addresses.</para>
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</listitem>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>FTP via a HTTP proxy</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This option instructs FreeBSD to use the HTTP
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protocol (like a web browser) to connect to a proxy
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for all FTP operations. The proxy will translate
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the requests and send them to the FTP server.
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This allows the user to pass through firewalls
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that do not allow FTP at all, but offer a HTTP
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proxy.
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In this case, you have to specify the proxy in
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addition to the FTP server.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<note>
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<para>Active and passive modes are not the same as a
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<para>There is another type of FTP proxy other tha HTTP
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<quote>proxy</quote> connection, where a proxy FTP server is
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proxies. This type is very uncommon, though. If you
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listening and forwarding FTP requests!</para>
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are not absolutely certain, you can assume that you
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have a HTTP proxy as described above.</para>
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</note>
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<para>For a proxy FTP server, you should usually give the name
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<para>For a proxy FTP server, you should usually give the name
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