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diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy_ftp.html.en b/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy_ftp.html.en new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a5488a01 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy_ftp.html.en @@ -0,0 +1,163 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><head><!-- + XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX + This file is generated from xml source: DO NOT EDIT + XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX + --> +<title>mod_proxy_ftp - Apache HTTP Server</title> +<link href="../style/css/manual.css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="Main stylesheet" /> +<link href="../style/css/manual-loose-100pc.css" rel="alternate stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="No Sidebar - Default font size" /> +<link href="../style/css/manual-print.css" rel="stylesheet" media="print" type="text/css" /> +<link href="../images/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" /></head> +<body> +<div id="page-header"> +<p class="menu"><a href="../mod/">Modules</a> | <a href="../mod/directives.html">Directives</a> | <a href="../faq/">FAQ</a> | <a href="../glossary.html">Glossary</a> | <a href="../sitemap.html">Sitemap</a></p> +<p class="apache">Apache HTTP Server Version 2.2</p> +<img alt="" src="../images/feather.gif" /></div> +<div class="up"><a href="./"><img title="<-" alt="<-" src="../images/left.gif" /></a></div> +<div id="path"> +<a href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</a> > <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/">HTTP Server</a> > <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/">Documentation</a> > <a href="../">Version 2.2</a> > <a href="./">Modules</a></div> +<div id="page-content"> +<div id="preamble"><h1>Apache Module mod_proxy_ftp</h1> +<div class="toplang"> +<p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../en/mod/mod_proxy_ftp.html" title="English"> en </a></p> +</div> +<table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>FTP support module for +<code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code></td></tr> +<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr> +<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module Identifier:</a></th><td>proxy_ftp_module</td></tr> +<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source File:</a></th><td>proxy_ftp.c</td></tr></table> +<h3>Summary</h3> + + <p>This module <em>requires</em> the service of <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code>. It provides support for the proxying + FTP sites. Note that FTP support is currently limited to + the GET method.</p> + + <p>Thus, in order to get the ability of handling FTP proxy requests, + <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code> and <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy_ftp.html">mod_proxy_ftp</a></code> + have to be present in the server.</p> + + <div class="warning"><h3>Warning</h3> + <p>Do not enable proxying until you have <a href="mod_proxy.html#access">secured your server</a>. Open proxy + servers are dangerous both to your network and to the Internet at + large.</p> + </div> +</div> +<div id="quickview"><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3> +<p>This module provides no + directives.</p> +<h3>Topics</h3> +<ul id="topics"> +<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#mimetypes">Why doesn't file type <var>xxx</var> + download via FTP?</a></li> +<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#type">How can I force an FTP ASCII download of + File <var>xxx</var>?</a></li> +<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#ftpnonget">How can I do FTP upload?</a></li> +<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#percent2fhck">How can I access FTP files outside + of my home directory?</a></li> +<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#ftppass">How can I hide the FTP cleartext password + in my browser's URL line?</a></li> +</ul><h3>See also</h3> +<ul class="seealso"> +<li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code></li> +</ul></div> +<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> +<div class="section"> +<h2><a name="mimetypes" id="mimetypes">Why doesn't file type <var>xxx</var> + download via FTP?</a></h2> + <p>You probably don't have that particular file type defined as + <code>application/octet-stream</code> in your proxy's mime.types + configuration file. A useful line can be</p> + + <div class="example"><pre>application/octet-stream bin dms lha lzh exe class tgz taz</pre></div> + <p>Alternatively you may prefer to default everything to binary:</p> + <div class="example"><pre>DefaultType application/octet-stream</pre></div> + </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> +<div class="section"> +<h2><a name="type" id="type">How can I force an FTP ASCII download of + File <var>xxx</var>?</a></h2> + <p>In the rare situation where you must download a specific file using the + FTP <code>ASCII</code> transfer method (while the default transfer is in + <code>binary</code> mode), you can override <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code>'s + default by suffixing the request with <code>;type=a</code> to force an + ASCII transfer. (FTP Directory listings are always executed in ASCII mode, + however.)</p> + </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> +<div class="section"> +<h2><a name="ftpnonget" id="ftpnonget">How can I do FTP upload?</a></h2> + <p>Currently, only GET is supported for FTP in mod_proxy. You can + of course use HTTP upload (POST or PUT) through an Apache proxy.</p> + </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> +<div class="section"> +<h2><a name="percent2fhck" id="percent2fhck">How can I access FTP files outside + of my home directory?</a></h2> + <p>An FTP URI is interpreted relative to the home directory of the user + who is logging in. Alas, to reach higher directory levels you cannot + use /../, as the dots are interpreted by the browser and not actually + sent to the FTP server. To address this problem, the so called <dfn>Squid + %2f hack</dfn> was implemented in the Apache FTP proxy; it is a + solution which is also used by other popular proxy servers like the <a href="http://www.squid-cache.org/">Squid Proxy Cache</a>. By + prepending <code>/%2f</code> to the path of your request, you can make + such a proxy change the FTP starting directory to <code>/</code> (instead + of the home directory). For example, to retrieve the file + <code>/etc/motd</code>, you would use the URL:</p> + + <div class="example"><p><code> + ftp://<var>user</var>@<var>host</var>/%2f/etc/motd + </code></p></div> + </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> +<div class="section"> +<h2><a name="ftppass" id="ftppass">How can I hide the FTP cleartext password + in my browser's URL line?</a></h2> + <p>To log in to an FTP server by username and password, Apache uses + different strategies. In absense of a user name and password in the URL + altogether, Apache sends an anonymous login to the FTP server, + <em>i.e.</em>,</p> + + <div class="example"><p><code> + user: anonymous<br /> + password: apache_proxy@ + </code></p></div> + + <p>This works for all popular FTP servers which are configured for + anonymous access.</p> + + <p>For a personal login with a specific username, you can embed the user + name into the URL, like in:</p> + + <div class="example"><p><code> + ftp://<var>username</var>@<var>host</var>/myfile + </code></p></div> + + <p>If the FTP server asks for a password when given this username (which + it should), then Apache will reply with a <code>401</code> (Authorization + required) response, which causes the Browser to pop up the + username/password dialog. Upon entering the password, the connection + attempt is retried, and if successful, the requested resource is + presented. The advantage of this procedure is that your browser does not + display the password in cleartext (which it would if you had used</p> + + <div class="example"><p><code> + ftp://<var>username</var>:<var>password</var>@<var>host</var>/myfile + </code></p></div> + + <p>in the first place).</p> + + <div class="note"><h3>Note</h3> + <p>The password which is transmitted in such a way is not encrypted on + its way. It travels between your browser and the Apache proxy server in + a base64-encoded cleartext string, and between the Apache proxy and the + FTP server as plaintext. You should therefore think twice before + accessing your FTP server via HTTP (or before accessing your personal + files via FTP at all!) When using unsecure channels, an eavesdropper + might intercept your password on its way.</p> + </div> + </div> +</div> +<div class="bottomlang"> +<p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../en/mod/mod_proxy_ftp.html" title="English"> en </a></p> +</div><div id="footer"> +<p class="apache">Copyright 2006 The Apache Software Foundation.<br />Licensed under the <a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0">Apache License, Version 2.0</a>.</p> +<p class="menu"><a href="../mod/">Modules</a> | <a href="../mod/directives.html">Directives</a> | <a href="../faq/">FAQ</a> | <a href="../glossary.html">Glossary</a> | <a href="../sitemap.html">Sitemap</a></p></div> +</body></html>
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