Re: FTP using a proxy server.

[Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

> So, as we can  see the FTP first connect him to a proxy. But where I can
> find the instruction who said to the ftp request to connect first to a proxy

The proxy has a different IP address (or host name) from the actual FTP 
server.  When you run the FTP RMTSYS(xxx.xxx.xxx) command, you're 
specifying the hostname or IP address of the proxy, and that's why you 
connect to the proxy.

Most likely, this FTP provider has a firewall in place that will ONLY let 
you connect to the proxy, and never lets you connect directly to the FTP 
server.  This is commonly done for security purposes.