Re: ftp bug in squid 2.0 ?

Michael P. Wagner wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I am (still) trying to configure squid 2.0 to retrieve ftp requests from
> a parent without success.
>
> The setup is a follows:
> browser - firewall with squid A - network - firewall with squid B -
> internet
> The goal is to get the browser to retrieve ftp from the internet.
> The browser can not connect to the internet directly neither can squid A
> for security reason.
> Letting squid A retrieve ftp via a ftp-gateway on firewall B is
> supported by squid 2.0 ?!
>
> The solution should be configuring squid B as a parent of squid A and
> directing squid A to
> retrieve all ftp requests from squid B.
> However when I try to do this squid A gives an error message to the
> browser.

What error message. It is curutial that people say what error message
they get when asking for help, or it is very hard to tell what might
have gone wrong.

> cache_peer fw2.xyz.com parent 3128 3130

You could try having no-query there..

> Am I missing something here or does ftp relay simply not work
> with squid 2.0 ?

It works here using a similar setup (browser -> inner squid (->
firewall) -> outer squid -> internet).

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Henrik Nordstrom
Spare time Squid hacker