Hello, I'm hoping someone can help or at least say that what I'm being told is "inaccurate"
Our team has had to keep a SQL Server 2000 box (no snickering please) around b/c it has an old scripted FTP job that sends files across to a remote server through a firewall with specific rules to allow this.
We've been wanting to move this to a new SQL 2008 box for some time and have a package already written to do so. However, our network folks have said that the server cannot have any direct internet access and the FTP job will have to go through a proxy server. A web browser on the server works but needs the proxy server setup (under LAN Settings) to work. After searching the web and looking at the FTP connection manager and the FTP task I can find no explanation of how this would be accomplished. Arguments to the effect that this is the way it's already being done and we are not proposing anything new, only to replace one server with another have been rejected.
Is this possible? if not, it'll give me some backing as to why what they are telling me will not work and we need a new firewall rule put in to allow this. Help!