Jorge Enrique Valbuena Vargas wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> Take a look at :
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> http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/ftp.html
>
> Maybe it can help !
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 3:52 PM, AG <computing.account@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Hello
>>
>> I want to download via ftp, but am unable to do so.  I believe that it
>> would have something to do with my pf.conf file in my firewall, so have
>> listed that below.
>>     
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The installation was from the 3.6 CD set and barebones to be a headless 
firewall.  I don't recall if I enabled a ftp-proxy to be installed at 
that time.  I'm not even sure whether I enabled if the ports system was 
installed.  I regret to say that I never kept notes and because it has 
been such an absolute workhorse reliable 24/7 for the last years, I have 
largely forgotten all about it.  So, how do I confirm that I have the 
ftp-proxy already installed?  I'm used to Debian on a daily basis, so is 
the OBSD way to check for an installed app to run, as root (or sudo):  
pkg-src ftp-proxy

 From the documentation you helpfully pointed me to, it seems that what 
I am looking at changing in the firewall settings to enable me to 
download from ftp sites is to:

1. set up a ftp proxy on the firewall
2. add the lines to the NAT section (suggested on the FTP page you 
sign-posted)
3. anchor it in the rules section of pf.conf (as from the same source as #2)

& I note that this can be done on the fly so that I need not reboot.  
Nice :-)

Thanks a lot.  I'll give it a go.

AG