NAME¶
Net::Config - Local configuration data for libnet
SYNOPSYS¶
use Net::Config qw(%NetConfig);
DESCRIPTION¶
"Net::Config" holds configuration data for the modules in the libnet
distribution. During installation you will be asked for these values.
The configuration data is held globally in "/etc/perl/Net/libnet.cfg",
but a user may override any of these values by providing their own. This can
be done by having a ".libnetrc" file in their home directory. This
file should return a reference to a HASH containing the keys described below.
For example
# .libnetrc
{
nntp_hosts => [ "my_preferred_host" ],
ph_hosts => [ "my_ph_server" ],
}
__END__
METHODS¶
"Net::Config" defines the following methods. They are methods as they
are invoked as class methods. This is because "Net::Config" inherits
from "Net::LocalCfg" so you can override these methods if you want.
- requires_firewall HOST
- Attempts to determine if a given host is outside your firewall. Possible
return values are.
-1 Cannot lookup hostname
0 Host is inside firewall (or there is no ftp_firewall entry)
1 Host is outside the firewall
This is done by using hostname lookup and the "local_netmask"
entry in the configuration data.
NetConfig VALUES¶
- nntp_hosts
- snpp_hosts
- pop3_hosts
- smtp_hosts
- ph_hosts
- daytime_hosts
- time_hosts
- Each is a reference to an array of hostnames (in order of preference),
which should be used for the given protocol
- inet_domain
- Your internet domain name
- ftp_firewall
- If you have an FTP proxy firewall (NOT an HTTP or SOCKS firewall)
then this value should be set to the firewall hostname. If your firewall
does not listen to port 21, then this value should be set to
"hostname:port" (eg "hostname:99")
- ftp_firewall_type
- There are many different ftp firewall products available. But
unfortunately there is no standard for how to traverse a firewall. The
list below shows the sequence of commands that Net::FTP will use
user Username for remote host
pass Password for remote host
fwuser Username for firewall
fwpass Password for firewall
remote.host The hostname of the remote ftp server
- 0
- There is no firewall
- 1
-
USER user@remote.host
PASS pass
- 2
-
USER fwuser
PASS fwpass
USER user@remote.host
PASS pass
- 3
-
USER fwuser
PASS fwpass
SITE remote.site
USER user
PASS pass
- 4
-
USER fwuser
PASS fwpass
OPEN remote.site
USER user
PASS pass
- 5
-
USER user@fwuser@remote.site
PASS pass@fwpass
- 6
-
USER fwuser@remote.site
PASS fwpass
USER user
PASS pass
- 7
-
USER user@remote.host
PASS pass
AUTH fwuser
RESP fwpass
- ftp_ext_passive
- ftp_int_passive
- FTP servers can work in passive or active mode. Active mode is when you
want to transfer data you have to tell the server the address and port to
connect to. Passive mode is when the server provide the address and port
and you establish the connection.
With some firewalls active mode does not work as the server cannot connect
to your machine (because you are behind a firewall) and the firewall does
not re-write the command. In this case you should set
"ftp_ext_passive" to a true value.
Some servers are configured to only work in passive mode. If you have one of
these you can force "Net::FTP" to always transfer in passive
mode; when not going via a firewall, by setting
"ftp_int_passive" to a true value.
- local_netmask
- A reference to a list of netmask strings in the form
"134.99.4.0/24". These are used by the
"requires_firewall" function to determine if a given host is
inside or outside your firewall.
The following entries are used during installation & testing on the libnet
package
- test_hosts
- If true then "make test" may attempt to connect to hosts given
in the configuration.
- test_exists
- If true then "Configure" will check each hostname given that it
exists