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Have him check to see that the "Web Proxy" service is running [in the
Internet Service Manager].
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Steve Creel
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On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Brent R. Matzelle wrote:
>What you described would be the logical thing for the
>MS Proxy Server to do, but they must have configured
>it different somehow. Every computer on campus that
>wishes to access http and ftp has to have the proxy
>client installed or nothing works. I can't understand
>it myself. Our network administrator doesn't have a
>college education or any formal computer training so I
>suppose that his inexperience is causing the problem.
>Is there some sort of configuration adjustment that
>you know of that (even) he could perform that would
>eliminate this problem? That would be the greatest of
>help. --Brent
>
>--- Steve Creel <screel@nothinbut.net> wrote:
>> I currenty run something on the order of 10 M$ Proxy
>> servers for a local
>> school district. Assuming that they are setup
>> properly [which is
>> sometimes a very dangerous step], the following is
>> true:
>> 1. With no proxy client, set proxy in the browser to
>> point to the proxy
>> server
>> 2. With proxy client, no proxy settings are
>> necessary in the browser
>> 3. Without proxy client, you can only get http and
>> ftp
>> 4. With proxy client, you can telnet et cetera, but
>> still no pinging, etc.
>>
>> The goal is simply web/ftp on a unix box, right?
>> All you should need to
>> do is setup the proxy servers numbers in your
>> browser. SOCKS doesn't
>> apply here.
>>
>>
>> ____________________
>> Steve Creel
>> screel@nothinbut.net
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Brent R. Matzelle wrote:
>>
>> >Yes, I did specify the address in the browser, and
>> >that's where the problem lies. No PC's (Win32
>> >included) can connect to http or ftp sites without
>> >BOTH the MS Proxy Client installed and the proxy
>> >configuration specified. Since there is no Unix
>> >version of MS Proxy Client I'm stuck for the time
>> >being. And I know that the computer and browser is
>> >working properly because I can view the school web
>> >site and mail server, but cannot view any outside
>> >links. Maybe if I understood what the Proxy Client
>> >does for routing packets over the network I could
>> find
>> >some sort of solution to the problem. Any
>> >suggestions?
>> >
>> >--- "Michael W. Ryan" <mryan@netaxs.com> wrote:
>> >> A standard MS Proxy configuration only allows
>> HTTP
>> >> and (I believe) FTP
>> >> connections. These standard connections do not
>> use
>> >> the SOCKS interface.
>> >> You are only required to use SOCKS if you're
>> going
>> >> to need to access other
>> >> services. Did you specify the proxy address in
>> your
>> >> web browser?
>> >>
>> >> BTW, bandwidth-throttling is a valid use of a
>> proxy
>> >> server, he said with a
>> >> note of defensiveness.
>> >>
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