java.net.SocketException: Malformed reply from SOCKS server, With apache FTPClient

Question

I am trying to connect to FTP Server using Apache FTPCleint in java web start aplication. Below is the code i am using.

ftpInstance = new FTPClient();

ftpInstance.setRemoteVerificationEnabled(false);

ftpInstance.connect(<HostName>);
int rpyCode = ftpInstance.getReplyCode();

if(!FTPReply.isPositiveCompletion(rpyCode)){
    throw new Exception("Connection Rejected with reply code " + rpyCode + ". - " + <Hostname>);
}

Problem is at line ftpInstance.connect(<HostName>). An exception is been thrown Please look at the stack trace

java.lang.RuntimeException: java.net.SocketException: Malformed reply from SOCKS server
at com.newgen.backend.Operation.call(Operation.java:91)
at filetransfermanager.FileTransferManagerView$1.windowOpened(FileTransferManagerView.java:48)
at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.windowOpened(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Window.processWindowEvent(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JFrame.processWindowEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Window.processEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$000(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$2.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$2.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)

Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Malformed reply from SOCKS server
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.readSocksReply(Unknown Source)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient.connect(SocketClient.java:171)
at org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient.connect(SocketClient.java:192)
at org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient.connect(SocketClient.java:285)
at com.newgen.ftp.FTPInstance.getInstance(FTPInstance.java:38)
at com.newgen.backend.Transport.<init>(Transport.java:58)
at com.newgen.backend.Operation.call(Operation.java:81)
... 27 more

Above code is working fine in normal project but not in java web start.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

You have configured SOCKS proxy settings that point to something that isn't a SOCKS proxy.