Dialog box: Firewall settings

 

With this dialog box you can configure the firewall (connection between company network and the Internet). These settings are the same for all connections. To use the firewall with a new connection, you must at least configure one connection in the connection details dialog. You will usually get these from the administrator of your company network.

 

Connect method Choose the method supported by your firewall.

 

Send command USER user@hostname

Sends the command USER user@hostname to the firewall/proxy. This method is used by many programs like Wingate. The fields 'user name' and 'password' must be left empty.

Send command SITE (with logon)

First send the user name and password to the proxy (if given), then the command 'SITE machine name'. The fields 'user name' and 'password' are usually needed for this type of proxy.

Send command OPEN

First send the user name and password to the proxy (if given), then the command 'OPEN machine name'. The fields 'user name' and 'password' are sometimes not needed for this type of proxy.

USER user@firewalluser@hostname / PASS pass@firewallpass

Use these two commands to logon.

Transparent First use the USER and PASS command with the firewall username and password, and then with the target host username and password.

HTTP Proxy with FTP support

Use the same method as Netscape and Internet Explorer. This will not work with all proxies, because the returned html page follows no standard. The most important proxies are supported, though. Please note: You cannot set the transfer mode when connecting via a HTTP proxy - the proxy itself defines the mode via MIME types.

SOCKS4 Use a SOCKS4 proxy. This proxy usually requires a user name or user id, but no password. You may need to run an identd server on your machine. A free one can be found on www.tucows.com. If you want to enter domain names, your network needs to have DNS, i.e. a name server.

SOCKS5 (basic authentication)

Use a SOCKS5 proxy. Usually requires a user name and password. The GSSAPI authentication isn't supported because of the Swiss crypto export laws.

USER user@hostname firewalluser PASS pass ACCT firewallpass

Use these three commands to logon.

HTTP CONNECT This option opens an FTP tunnel on an HTTP proxy which supports the CONNECT command (HTTP 1.1 needed). Not all HTTP proxies support this command. Please note: This mode should be preferred to the mode HTTP Proxy with FTP support, because it supports all FTP commands including delete and create directory. Only passive mode is possible with this proxy type.

 

Firewall logon Here you must enter the details of your firewall server.

 

Host name: Here you can give the Internet IP address or the server name of the firewall. A different port number can be specified separated by a colon, e.g. firewall.mycompany.com:1021

User name: This field allows to enter the your user name on the firewall server. Many firewalls don't need a user name and password.

Password: Here you can enter your firewall password (if needed). Only enter the password here if your PC is completely secure! Total Commander will ask you for the password when connecting (if the password isn't given here).