SOCKS Server

Use this panel to define settings allowing FTP clients to use SOCKS servers to access FTP servers.

Steps

  1. If you do not want to use SOCKS servers, select "Do not use SOCKS servers to access FTP servers".
  2. If you want to use SOCKS servers to access FTP servers,
    1. You must create a SOCKS configuration file.
    2. If you have already created the SOCKS configuration file, select "Use SOCKS configuration file I already have" and enter the fully qualified name of the file.
    3. Or you can create SOCKS configuration files from this panel. Select "Use the created SOCKS configuration file selected below" and click the "New..." button to create a SOCKS configuration file.

You have completed this panel after indicating you do not want to use SOCKS servers, or indicating which SOCKS configuration file the FTP client should use.

You can find more detailed help on the following elements of this window:

The fully qualified MVS data set or the absolute zFS pathname of the SOCKS configuration file (SOCKSCONFIGFILE)

Use the created SOCKS configuration file selected below

Push buttons
Click New... to create a SOCKS configuration file.
Click Edit... to modify the selected SOCKS configuration file.
Click Delete to delete the selected SOCKS configuration file from the list.
Click Report... to show the configuration file of the selected entry.
Click OK to complete the specification.
Click Cancel to negate any entries you have made on this page.
Click Help to understand more about this panel.