Hey,
"Yannai A. Gonczarowski" wrote:
>
> BeNJ wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > 1: where can i let linux know that i'm using a proxy service to connect
> > to the internet?
> > - I'm using a proxy server on a my local network to dial to the
> > internet... (Netscape is easy but things like ftp, telnet etc... )
>
> First of all, I assume you mean using a proxt service to ACCESS SERVICES in
> the internet, and not to connect to the net.
> Second, you can't tell linux you use a proxy, but you tell a specific app
> you use a proxy. How to do this varies from app to app.
Maybe he just wants NAT? Check ipchains...
> Proxy AFAIK, only supports ftp, http, and gopher (the two latter, you use
> netscape for), and security and wais, which I suspect that do not concern
> you.
> For other stuff such as telnet, proxy is unavailable and you need a direct
> connection, or to connect through a third host (see your ISP for details on
> firewalls/telnet computers it runs).
>
There is a sort of a telnet proxy, a good example is the one from the TIS fwtk.
Just like the normal passive (non-http) ftp proxy, where you can use normal
ftp (or ncftp or whatever). You telnet to at a specific port and pass the
destination
address to it, the TIS fwtk itself also lets you configure the proxy itself to
allow only
specific hosts and such, but it is a bit annoying as all the proxy binaries use
one system-wide configuration file. You still go through a third host though.
Of course, you can proxy just about anything with the plug-gw (IIRC).
And then there is SOCKS.
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-- Omer
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