Tunneling FTP

Matt Johnston matt at ucc.asn.au
Mon Jan 19 22:45:07 WST 2009


On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 02:28:28PM +0100, Michael Wiedmann wrote:
> I get a FTP prompt and can login successfully. But obviously this tunnel is not sufficient for the FTP data connections (even in passive mode).
> 
> Before I dig deeper into this:
> Is there a way to get FTP (active or passive mode) tunneled using dropbear?
> If yes, how should I configure the client/server side?

I don't think it's easy to do - in active or passive mode
the FTP data port is chosen dynamically.  Could you set up a
small http (or socks) proxy on the server and point the
client at that (via the tunnel)?

Matt


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