also sprach Brian McGroarty (on Fri, 26 Jan 2001 02:58:15PM -0600): > If it's configured to not provide standard proxy service - only the > queerly authenticated MS proxy service, then your best bet is going to > be to set up a Windows machine with something like www.wingate.com and > use that as a proxy server to feed your Linux machine.
it's been long since i had to deal with such crap, but i don't think micro$oft provides standard proxy services. they probably don't even know what that is. as far as i know, they use their proprietory stuff. i did the proxy server MCP at one point in time and it was the biggest joke in the world. the software i mean... sorry, but a proxy server that's intended to route all of a company's net traffic configurable via a win95 GUI? blech! martin [greetings from the heart of the sun]# echo [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1:[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@@.net -- i'd rather be riding a high speed tractor with a beer on my lap, and a six pack of girls next to me.