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FTP SSL under HTTPS
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14/04/2011 06:35:08
 
 
General information
Forum:
ASP.NET
Category:
Other
Environment versions
Environment:
VB 9.0
OS:
Windows 7
Network:
Windows 2003 Server
Database:
MS SQL Server
Application:
Web
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01507168
Message ID:
01507256
Views:
35
>>I have a situation which I cannot know how to resolve. Regular FTP connection using FtpWebRequest() would go as follow:
>>
>>ftp://ftp.mysite.com/MyDirectory
>>
>>
>>                loFtpWebRequest = System.Net.FtpWebRequest.Create(New Uri(lcURI))
>>                loFtpWebRequest.Credentials = New System.Net.NetworkCredential(cUsername, cPassword)
>>                loFtpWebRequest.Method = System.Net.WebRequestMethods.Ftp.ListDirectoryDetails
>>
>>
>>If the client installs a FTP SSL certificate, then, the following would work:
>>
>>ftps://ftp.mysite.com/MyDirectory
>>
>>
>>                loFtpWebRequest = System.Net.FtpWebRequest.Create(New Uri(lcURI))
>>                loFtpWebRequest.Credentials = New System.Net.NetworkCredential(cUsername, cPassword)
>>                loFtpWebRequest.Method = System.Net.WebRequestMethods.Ftp.ListDirectoryDetails
>>                loFtpWebRequest.EnableSsl = lSSL
>>
>>
>>But, I have a situation where the client has installed a FTP SSL certificate but under https.
>
>Bit confused by that. Can you clarify? Is someone really attempting to host an FTP site accessed using the 'https' prefix ?
>



This may be an option - cannot test it - http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/181054/add-support-for-ftps-and-sftp-uris-for-webrequest




>So, I thought by changing the lcURI to start with https:// instead of ftp:// would do. But, that gives an error:
>>
>>"Unable to cast object of type 'System.Net.HttpWebRequest' to type 'System.Net.FtpWebRequest'."
>>
>>The reason is that it detects that the URI starts with https and that conflicts with FtpWebRequest. So, how are we suppose to use FtpWebRequest when the URI starts with https?
Gregory
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