Subject: RE: Can HTTP proxy support be added for SFTP transfers?

RE: Can HTTP proxy support be added for SFTP transfers?

From: Bob K <bob_2824_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2021 22:11:33 +0000

Thanks.

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From: libssh2-devel <libssh2-devel-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se> On Behalf Of Daniel Stenberg
Sent: Monday, February 01, 2021 4:30 PM
To: libssh2 development <libssh2-devel_at_cool.haxx.se>
Subject: Re: Can HTTP proxy support be added for SFTP transfers?

On Mon, 1 Feb 2021, Bob K wrote:

> I was wondering if proxy support could be added. Unfortunately this is
> outside my knowledge. Is this possible? Something libssh2 handles or
> I'd need some other lib?

libssh2 doesn't handle that, but it is left for the application to do by itself. HTTP and auth and all that comes with it is quite a lot of code that's not a job for libssh2.

Incidently, libcurl speaks SFTP over HTTP proxies with the help of libssh2... 

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Received on 2021-02-03