KB N°2731: USING A FILEZILLA FTP CLIENT WITH THE FTP PROXY

Published November 10, 2023

How to use a Filezilla-type FTP client with the FTP proxy.

Objective

We'll look at how to use a Filezilla-type FTP client with the Olfeo solution's FTP proxy.

The FTP proxy in the Olfeo solution works in passive mode only, and allows a choice of authentication, all managed by our filtering engine.

Steps

Step 1: FTP proxy configuration

  1. Go to Proxy Cache QoS > FTP > Tab: Configuration.
  2. Add a listening FTP proxy using the .
  3. In the newly created proxy, enter a name in the field in the Label column.
  4. In the newly created proxy, enter the listening TCP port in the Port column.
  5. In the newly created proxy, if you wish to set additional options, click on the link in the Options column.
  6. If you wish to limit the maximum number of outgoing connections allowed by the proxy, enter the maximum number of connections in the Connection limit field.

Step 2: Authentication/No authentication

It is possible to activate authentication on FTP proxies. To do this, you need a directory and an authentication mode:

  1. To add an authentication mode, go to page Settings > Authentication > Authentication mode.
  2. Add an authentication rule to the FTP proxy using the .
  3. Select the authentication mode created in Settings > Authentication > Authentication mode  or the No authentication.

Step 3: Filezilla configuration

Validation

In the real time section(Statistics > Real time), the query will be visible:

Note that the Policy column shows that the rules engine handles this type of request.

Connection, access and content filtering can be assigned. These 3 methods can be used independently of each other or together in the Administration > Users tab.