the proxy is on a client.... and when i try to connect from the server via Netscape or Konqueror to an ftp site the message appears... but the strange is that..if i connect to the same site throught the ftp command using the console..i can reach the site ! this is pretty strange.. i've tryied to reach out in the configurations file but i couldn't find anything that can help me to unlock the problem
squid proxy's have lists of ports it's safe to connect to, these usually are fairly strict on privileged ports (< 1024). Your problem smells like Netscape & Conqueror object to the proxy port of 21, can you alter the proxy port to an unprivileged one like 6589, and get ANALOGX to server requests on that? An alternative would be to proxy using wwwoffle, apache or squid, depending on whether you have dial-up, web server running already, or need a multi-user always on web cache (use port 8080 for all settings). Is a windows proxy (allbeit Freeware) going to have been tested with other browers but IE4/5 & Win Netscrape? All though you think you have no firewall complicating things, it's still worth ruling it out by running 'ipchains -L', and when you ftp, have you tried both active and passive? Browsers and caches usually use passive, because it tends to be more firewall friendly. Rob