Gateway allows you to route client requests from (in the internal network) to external FTP, FTPS, SFTP and SCP servers without revealing the identity or locations of your internal systems. The Forward Proxy is additionally used by to route active and passive FTP and FTPS data connections through
Managed File Transfer
Gateway.
When a process in needs to make an outbound connection through the proxy, a request is made to
Managed File Transfer
Gateway with the address of the intended destination.
Managed File Transfer
Gateway will then establish the connection to that destination and will bridge it to the requesting system.