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Fetch 3.0.3 Fails to PUT or GET Files Through SOCKS Proxy

Article ID: 190618

Article Last Modified on 10/22/2000

Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q190618

SYMPTOMS

Attempting to use the Fetch 3.0.3 FTP client to "PUT" or "GET" files through SOCKS Proxy fails with the following error message if configured to use Port-based connections: "Error number -1"

CAUSE

This error occurs because of a malformed BIND request that the Fetch 3.0.3 client sends to the Proxy Server. When the BIND request is sent to the SOCKS server, the request should also include a destination port. However, with FETCH 3.0.3, a NULL value is sent to the SOCKS server, so the SOCKS server rejects the request and closes the connection.

WORKAROUND

If Fetch 3.0.3 is configured to use a PASV mode connection to the ftp server going through SOCKS Proxy, Fetch can successfully "GET" files but still cannot "PUT" files successfully.

NOTE: The "PUT" command allows some data to pass through the Proxy Server but it aborts near completion of upload.

Other Macintosh FTP clients are available that make successful BIND requests, allowing the client to use standard Port-based connections (that is, not PASV mode).

MORE INFORMATION

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Additional query words: SOCKS FETCH Mac Macintosh

Keywords: kbprb KB190618