FTP in C# 1.1

From:
Shyam N S
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework
Date:
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:01:04 -0700
Message-ID:
<2010322413shyamnsankar@hotmail.com>
Hi,

Pls see the folloing code :

http://ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2004/05/10/ftpdotnet.htm

Thanks
Shyam

Simon wrote:

FTPS using c# 1.1
10-May-08

this has caused me a couple of days of pain. i have a requirement to
connect to an ftp server endpoint that requires SSL authentication. i
can do the proof of concept using .Net 2 libraries and the
FtpWebRequest - download a file is fine and certificate policy class
is called. but this needs to be in 1.1, which means low level command
sending :( the problem seems to be i am not receiving any remote
certificates (?)

the certificate policy class is never called. i get a 234 ok after the
AUTH SSL but when it tries to issue the next command i get exception
saying 'An established connection was aborted by the software in your
host machine':

here is the code:

public class DefaultCertificatePolicy : ICertificatePolicy
    {
        public DefaultCertificatePolicy()
        {
            //
            // TODO: Add constructor logic here
            //
        }
        #region ICertificatePolicy Members

        public bool CheckValidationResult(
            ServicePoint srvPoint,
            System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate
certificate,
            WebRequest request,
            int certificateProblem)
        {
            return true;
        }

        #endregion
    }

//FTP component code

public void LogonViaSSL()
        {
            try
            {
                ServicePointManager.CertificatePolicy = new
DefaultCertificatePolicy();
                ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = SecurityProtocolType.Ssl3;

                clientSocket = new
Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork,SocketType.Stream,ProtocolType.Tcp);
                IPEndPoint ep = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse("***.***.***.***"),
****);

                clientSocket.Connect(ep);

                string response = GetResponse();

                sendCommandNoReturn("AUTH SSL");

                response = GetResponse();

                sendCommandNoReturn("PBSZ 0");

                response = GetResponse();

                sendCommandNoReturn("PROT P");

                response = GetResponse();

                sendCommandNoReturn("USER **********");

                response = GetResponse();

                sendCommandNoReturn("PASS **********");

                response = GetResponse();

                sendCommandNoReturn("OPTS utf8 on");

                response = GetResponse();

                sendCommandNoReturn("PWD");

                response = GetResponse();

                sendCommandNoReturn("CWD /inbox/");

                response = GetResponse();

                sendCommandNoReturn("TYPE A");

                response = GetResponse();

                sendCommandNoReturn("PASV");

                response = GetResponse();

                //need to reconnect to the new client end point here

                sendCommandNoReturn("LIST");

                response = GetResponse();

                sendCommandNoReturn("TYPE A");

                response = GetResponse();

            }
            catch (Exception exception)
            {
                Cleanup();
            }
        }

private string GetResponse()
        {
            Encoding ASCII = Encoding.ASCII;
            Byte[] buffer = new byte[512];
            string mes = string.Empty;
            int bytes;

            try
            {
                char[] seperator = {'\n'};
                //lets try and read a line
                while(true)
                {
                    //grab the next 512 bytes
                    bytes = clientSocket.Receive(buffer, buffer.Length, 0);
                    //convert to ascii and add to the mes string
                    mes += ASCII.GetString(buffer, 0, bytes);
                    //we've reached the last iteration
                    if(bytes < buffer.Length)
                    {
                        break;
                    }
                }
            }
            catch (Exception exception)
            {
                Cleanup();
            }

            return mes;
        }

private void sendCommandNoReturn(String command)
        {
            //send the passed in cmd
            Byte[] cmdBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes((command+"\r
\n").ToCharArray());
            clientSocket.Send(cmdBytes, cmdBytes.Length, 0);
        }

Previous Posts In This Thread:

On Saturday, May 10, 2008 12:15 PM
Simon wrote:

FTPS using c# 1.1
this has caused me a couple of days of pain. i have a requirement to
connect to an ftp server endpoint that requires SSL authentication. i
can do the proof of concept using .Net 2 libraries and the
FtpWebRequest - download a file is fine and certificate policy class
is called. but this needs to be in 1.1, which means low level command
sending :( the problem seems to be i am not receiving any remote
certificates (?)

the certificate policy class is never called. i get a 234 ok after the
AUTH SSL but when it tries to issue the next command i get exception
saying 'An established connection was aborted by the software in your
host machine':

here is the code:

public class DefaultCertificatePolicy : ICertificatePolicy
    {
        public DefaultCertificatePolicy()
        {
            //
            // TODO: Add constructor logic here
            //
        }
        #region ICertificatePolicy Members

        public bool CheckValidationResult(
            ServicePoint srvPoint,
            System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate
certificate,
            WebRequest request,
            int certificateProblem)
        {
            return true;
        }

        #endregion
    }

//FTP component code

public void LogonViaSSL()
        {
            try
            {
                ServicePointManager.CertificatePolicy = new
DefaultCertificatePolicy();
                ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = SecurityProtocolType.Ssl3;

                clientSocket = new
Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork,SocketType.Stream,ProtocolType.Tcp);
                IPEndPoint ep = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse("***.***.***.***"),
****);

                clientSocket.Connect(ep);

                string response = GetResponse();

                sendCommandNoReturn("AUTH SSL");

                response = GetResponse();

                sendCommandNoReturn("PBSZ 0");

                response = GetResponse();

                sendCommandNoReturn("PROT P");

                response = GetResponse();

                sendCommandNoReturn("USER **********");

                response = GetResponse();

                sendCommandNoReturn("PASS **********");

                response = GetResponse();

                sendCommandNoReturn("OPTS utf8 on");

                response = GetResponse();

                sendCommandNoReturn("PWD");

                response = GetResponse();

                sendCommandNoReturn("CWD /inbox/");

                response = GetResponse();

                sendCommandNoReturn("TYPE A");

                response = GetResponse();

                sendCommandNoReturn("PASV");

                response = GetResponse();

                //need to reconnect to the new client end point here

                sendCommandNoReturn("LIST");

                response = GetResponse();

                sendCommandNoReturn("TYPE A");

                response = GetResponse();

            }
            catch (Exception exception)
            {
                Cleanup();
            }
        }

private string GetResponse()
        {
            Encoding ASCII = Encoding.ASCII;
            Byte[] buffer = new byte[512];
            string mes = string.Empty;
            int bytes;

            try
            {
                char[] seperator = {'\n'};
                //lets try and read a line
                while(true)
                {
                    //grab the next 512 bytes
                    bytes = clientSocket.Receive(buffer, buffer.Length, 0);
                    //convert to ascii and add to the mes string
                    mes += ASCII.GetString(buffer, 0, bytes);
                    //we've reached the last iteration
                    if(bytes < buffer.Length)
                    {
                        break;
                    }
                }
            }
            catch (Exception exception)
            {
                Cleanup();
            }

            return mes;
        }

private void sendCommandNoReturn(String command)
        {
            //send the passed in cmd
            Byte[] cmdBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes((command+"\r
\n").ToCharArray());
            clientSocket.Send(cmdBytes, cmdBytes.Length, 0);
        }

On Wednesday, November 26, 2008 1:43 AM
Bruce Blackshaw wrote:

FTPS using c# 1.1
You are taking on a huge task trying to implement FTPS yourself - even FTP. It is decidedly non-trivial.

Why not try one of the many FTPS products out there such as edtFTPnet/PRO?

It supports FTP, SFTP and FTPS in a single component, and I guarantee it will save you a lot of grief trying to write it yourself.

See

http://www.enterprisedt.com/products/edtftpnetpro/overview.html

for more details and trial download.

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