dselect thru SOCKS4 firewall

After installing libsocks4_4.3.beta2-3 and socks-clients_4.3.beta2-3, setting up /etc/socks.conf, and setting the SOCKS_NS and SOCKS_SERVER environment variables I can rftp through the SOCKS firewall to the internet. dftp and dselect do not connect to servers on the internet though. After upgrad

dselect thru SOCKS4 firewall

I have not found a way to use dselect through a socks 4.2beta server. Can anyone help me get it working? I do have dftp_3.2-1 working through the firewall. If I cannot get dselect to work directly is it possible to: use dftp to get the new Packages files use dselect to choose which packages t

socksified clients

Are tcp/ip clients (ftp, telnet, ...) already socksified in Debian 1.3.1? My tcp/ip connection is behind a firewall that uses CSTC version 4.2beta. What do I need to do to get through it to the internet? So far I have only found information on setting up a Linux machine to be a firewall. Stephen

Debian is a great distribution

I just finished installing Debian 1.3.1 on my home pc. With just a handful of floppies with images and packages downloaded from the internet I was able to successfully compile a customized kernel and connect to the internet with ppp on the first try. Now with dftp and/or dpkg-ftp and/or dselect I