Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx 2.6 / Proxy Server / FTP problem

[Klaus Weide]

On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Rob Worman wrote:
> Hello all-
> 
> after installing a proxy server (that only does URL filtering) to use with
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Which one?

> lynx 2.6, I have the following problem:
> 
> I connect to an FTP site (e.g. ftp.cdrom.com) fine at first, but when I try
> to cd into another directory (like /pub) I get an error from the proxy
> server, saying "too many redirects"

That's more likely an error message from Lynx, not from the proxy.

> If I use Netscape to do this, the proxy server gives me no such error.

Are you sure that
 - netscape is using the proxy at all,
 - you had the proxy configured the same way in both cases?

> What is the difference between how Netscape and Lynx deal with FTP sites?

There shouldn't be any.  If they point to the proxy correctly
(e.g. ftp_proxy=http://localhost:80/ or similar for Lynx, if proxy is
running on same machine) the communication protocol between browser and
proxy is HTTP, not FTP.  The proxy doesn't really act as a HTTP proxy in
this case but as a gateway between protocols.

Impossible to guess more without further information.
Also try `lynx -trace'.

  Klaus

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