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Wasfi_182818
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Nov 04, 2015

Can the SWG module be used as an FTP forward proxy

Hi;   I am trying to use the SWG as a secure "passive ftp" gateway in the same manner it is used for http and https traffic.   Moreover, the aim is to use NTLM authentication to identify ftp us...
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Brad_Parker
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Nov 04, 2015

I do not believe so. FTP is a very different protocol that HTTP and the key part about SWG is the W for WEB. The only possibility would be to explicitly proxy FTP over HTTP which I don't think the BIGIP supports.