FileZilla through a proxy.

[UKHugh]

Hi,
I'm trying to get FIleZilla working through a Websense proxy server. The proxy devices are configured to accept FTP on port 8080 and challange for AD authentication. Reading the FileZilla documentation I have gone into settings and tried two different methods.

If I use FTP proxy and I choose USER@HOST when I try to connect I get the following.

Status: Using proxy websense.****.****.****.****.com
Status: Resolving address of websense.****.****.****.com
Status: Connecting to 10.203.8.212:21...
Status: Connection attempt failed with "ECONNREFUSED - Connection refused by server", trying next address.
Status: Connecting to 10.203.8.211:21...
Status: Connection attempt failed with "ECONNREFUSED - Connection refused by server".
Error: Could not connect to server

So it looks like FileZilla is trying to connect to the Websense box on port 21 and I can't see how to change this to port 8080.

If I use Generic proxy HTTP/1.1 when I try to connect I get the following.

Status: Waiting to retry...
Status: Connecting to ftp.****.com through proxy
Status: Resolving address of websense
Status: Connecting to 10.203.8.212:8080...
Status: Connection with proxy established, performing handshake...
Response: Proxy reply: HTTP/1.1 403 Tunnel or SSL Forbidden

So it looks like I am getting the challange from the proxy OK but I can't then authenticate.

Can anyone share any knowledge or advice on this with me please?

Cheers,

Hugh.

[boco]

Status: Resolving address of websense.****.****.****.com
Status: Connecting to 10.203.8.212:21...

Why does the proxy resolve into a LAN IP address?

[UKHugh]

Because its on the LAN. The company dosent alllow direct access to the internet for workstations. All HTTP, HTTPS and FTP traffic is configured to go out through a pair of proxy servers. The authentication is just to get out to the big wide world not to get onto the remote site. IE or Mozilla will use the NTLM authentication to get through OK. I need to get FileZilla to supply the AD credentials at connection time. Preferably this would be a manual process as the password changes monthly but if not it could be saved into the settings.

Cheers,

Hugh.

[boco]

Unfortunately that's a question I can't answer. We must wait for botg (the developer) to tell us if and how that's possible.

I just asked because .com URLs usually don't resolve into LAN IPs.

[UKHugh]

Its a fair question. I had just confgured the proxy name using the FQDN but I could equally have used just 'websense' as the proxy name as the workstation has the domain suffix configured in its network settings.

Interestingly FileZilla works fine through an older Cacheflow proxy but this cant be used for anything other than development or testing as it is unsupported. The Websense devices are the production method for all users and I really need to get the client working through them.

[botg]

The FTP proxy looks offline and the generic HTTP proxy does not allow CONNECT.

[theftpdog]

Where you able to get FileZilla working with WebSense? I am also having the same issue.

theftpdog