RE: MS Proxy

["C. Falconer" <criggie@ihug.co.nz>]

Erm - people...  MS Proxy is not a firewall in itself.  Perhaps the NT 
machine that runs Proxy also has a modem/other device in it, in which case 
it is doing firewall-style duties (perish the thought though... an NT based 
firewall)

Whereas if you have another device controlling your link, then use that 
device's IP as your default gateway.  You may need to configure said device 
to accept/route/proxy/etc your IP.

Look at [start] --> settings --> control panel --> Network then click on 
the /Protocols\ tab then double click "TCP/IP" then click on the /Gateway\ 
tab then note the IP for the gateway.  There may be more than one, but the 
top one is the primary.

Then go to your debian machine, and edit /etc/networks/interfaces

Mine looks like this
        # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)
        # The loopback interface
        iface lo inet loopback
        # The first network card - this entry was created during the 
Debian installation
        # (network, broadcast and gateway are optional)
        iface eth0 inet static
                address 192.168.1.2
                netmask 255.255.255.0
                network 192.168.1.0
                broadcast 192.168.1.255
                gateway 192.168.1.1

(yes - that third paragraph was a dig at NT toadies, and I have two of the 
bloody things at work.)


At 11:03 AM 7/5/00 +1000, you wrote:

> I've been fiddling with getting through a MS Proxy from a debian box
> in the last few days, and the ease of getting through it greatly depends
> on the proxy configuration.  I believe our proxy is set up to only let 
> through
> http traffic.  Any other protocol that gets through therefore 'pretends' 
> to be
> talking http.  I have not yet found a way to telnet out in this manner (but a
> windows machine can telnet using the MS Proxy client, so it must be possible
> _somehow_).  I have however had greater success with lftp, which happens 
> to be
> available as a debian package of the same name.
>
> However .. if you have the options of doing socks, I would certainly 
> recommend that
> as the better option.  I just wish I had that choice :)
>
> - Chris Kenrick
>
> (Shaun wrote...)
> Another option might be dante-clients.
>
> >
> > > Have to either choose to stick with this POS dial-up connection
> > > and pay the $20/month, or get better bandwidth for free and
> > > figure how to work around that evil program......
> >
> > M$ Proxy offer socks4 server - You can use this support with the sockified
> > versions of ftp and telnet :
> >
> > <http://www.socks.nec.com/>http://www.socks.nec.com/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Davide
> >
> > --
> > Feel free, feel Debian !
> >
> >
> >
> >
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