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17.Dd $Mdocdate: January 4 2016 $
18.Dt FTP-PROXY 8
19.Os
20.Sh NAME
21.Nm ftp-proxy
22.Nd Internet File Transfer Protocol proxy daemon
23.Sh SYNOPSIS
24.Nm
25.Bk -words
26.Op Fl 6Adrv
27.Op Fl a Ar address
28.Op Fl b Ar address
29.Op Fl D Ar level
30.Op Fl m Ar maxsessions
31.Op Fl P Ar port
32.Op Fl p Ar port
33.Op Fl q Ar queue
34.Op Fl R Ar address
35.Op Fl T Ar tag
36.Op Fl t Ar timeout
37.Ek
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39.Nm
40is a proxy for the Internet File Transfer Protocol.
41FTP control connections should be redirected into the proxy using the
42.Xr pf 4
43.Ar divert-to
44command, after which the proxy connects to the server on behalf of
45the client.
46.Pp
47The proxy allows data connections to pass, rewriting and redirecting
48them so that the right addresses are used.
49All connections from the client to the server have their source
50address rewritten so they appear to come from the proxy.
51Consequently, all connections from the server to the proxy have
52their destination address rewritten, so they are redirected to the
53client.
54The proxy uses the
55.Xr pf 4
56.Ar anchor
57facility for this.
58.Pp
59Assuming the FTP control connection is from $client to $server, the
60proxy connected to the server using the $proxy source address, and
61$port is negotiated, then
62.Nm
63adds the following rules to the anchor.
64$server and $orig_server are the same unless
65.Fl R
66is used to force a different $server address for all connections.
67(These example rules use inet, but the proxy also supports inet6.)
68.Pp
69In case of active mode (PORT or EPRT):
70.Bd -literal -offset 2n
71pass in from $server to $proxy port $proxy_port \e
72    rdr-to $client port $port
73pass out from $server to $client port $port \e
74    nat-to $orig_server port $natport
75.Ed
76.Pp
77In case of passive mode (PASV or EPSV):
78.Bd -literal -offset 2n
79pass in from $client to $orig_server port $proxy_port \e
80    rdr-to $server port $port
81pass out from $client to $server port $port nat-to $proxy
82.Ed
83.Pp
84.Nm
85chroots to "/var/empty" and changes to user "_ftp-proxy" to drop privileges.
86.Pp
87The options are as follows:
88.Bl -tag -width Ds
89.It Fl 6
90IPv6 mode.
91The proxy will expect and use IPv6 addresses for all communication.
92Only the extended FTP modes EPSV and EPRT are allowed with IPv6.
93The proxy is in IPv4 mode by default.
94.It Fl A
95Only permit anonymous FTP connections.
96Either user "ftp" or user "anonymous" is allowed.
97.It Fl a Ar address
98The proxy will use this as the source address for the control
99connection to a server.
100.It Fl b Ar address
101Address where the proxy will listen for redirected control connections.
102The default is 127.0.0.1, or ::1 in IPv6 mode.
103.It Fl D Ar level
104Debug level, ranging from 0 to 7.
105Higher is more verbose.
106The default is 5.
107(These levels correspond to the
108.Xr syslog 3
109levels.)
110.It Fl d
111Do not daemonize.
112The process will stay in the foreground, logging to standard error.
113.It Fl m Ar maxsessions
114Maximum number of concurrent FTP sessions.
115When the proxy reaches this limit, new connections are denied.
116The default is 100 sessions.
117The limit can be lowered to a minimum of 1, or raised to a maximum of 500.
118.It Fl P Ar port
119Fixed server port.
120Only used in combination with
121.Fl R .
122The default is port 21.
123.It Fl p Ar port
124Port where the proxy will listen for redirected connections.
125The default is port 8021.
126.It Fl q Ar queue
127Create rules with queue
128.Ar queue
129appended, so that data connections can be queued.
130.It Fl R Ar address
131Fixed server address, also known as reverse mode.
132The proxy will always connect to the same server, regardless of
133where the client wanted to connect to (before it was redirected).
134Use this option to proxy for a server behind NAT, or to forward all
135connections to another proxy.
136.It Fl r
137Rewrite sourceport to 20 in active mode to suit ancient clients that insist
138on this RFC property.
139.It Fl T Ar tag
140The filter rules will add tag
141.Ar tag
142to data connections, and will use match rules instead of pass ones.
143This way alternative rules that use the
144.Ar tagged
145keyword can be implemented following the
146.Nm
147anchor.
148These rules can use special
149.Xr pf 4
150features like route-to, reply-to, label, rtable, overload, etc. that
151.Nm
152does not implement itself.
153There must be a matching pass rule after the
154.Nm
155anchor or the data connections will be blocked.
156.It Fl t Ar timeout
157Number of seconds that the control connection can be idle, before the
158proxy will disconnect.
159The maximum is 86400 seconds, which is also the default.
160Do not set this too low, because the control connection is usually
161idle when large data transfers are taking place.
162.It Fl v
163Set the 'log' flag on pf rules committed by
164.Nm .
165Use twice to set the 'log all' flag.
166The pf rules do not log by default.
167.El
168.Sh CONFIGURATION
169To make use of the proxy,
170.Xr pf.conf 5
171needs the following rules.
172Adjust the rules as needed; depending on the rest of the ruleset, the
173last rule explicitly allowing FTP sessions from the proxy may not be
174necessary.
175.Bd -literal -offset 2n
176anchor "ftp-proxy/*"
177pass in quick proto tcp to port ftp divert-to 127.0.0.1 port 8021
178pass out inet proto tcp from (self) to any port ftp
179.Ed
180.Sh SEE ALSO
181.Xr ftp 1 ,
182.Xr pf 4 ,
183.Xr pf.conf 5
184.Sh CAVEATS
185.Xr pf 4
186does not allow the ruleset to be modified if the system is running at a
187.Xr securelevel 7
188higher than 1.
189At that level
190.Nm
191cannot add rules to the anchors and FTP data connections may get blocked.
192.Pp
193Negotiated data connection ports below 1024 are not allowed.
194.Pp
195The negotiated IP address for active modes is ignored for security
196reasons.
197This makes third party file transfers impossible.
198.Pp
199Since
200.Nm
201acts as a man-in-the-middle it breaks explicit FTP TLS connections (RFC 4217).
202