Kevin Brosius on Fri, 23 Aug 2002 13:03:06 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] Re: MS proxy


Mental wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 10:36:31AM -0400, Kevin Brosius wrote:
> > Mental wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 05:31:21AM -0700, Nikhil Bedagkar wrote:
> > > > Dear All,
> > > >   The router is behind the firewall and can be
> > > > accessed only by the proxy server ... and in thsi case
> > > > it happens to be MS proxy server... my linux is one of
> > > > the host on the domain(as a NT 2.0 W/S using SAMBA)
> > > > but the DCs are not authenticating any http request
> > > > through linux box... so now how i can i go thru this
> > > > system???
> > > >
> > >
> > > Depending on how the proxy is configured you're either SOL or you can se
> > > a socks client.
> > >
> > > Speak with the admin. Can windows users use mozilla/netscape/opera? If
> > > not, expect pain getting linux to work. If so, investigate the socks
> > > route.
> > >
> > > I've never gotten linux to talk through an MS Proxy. I also never made
> > > much of an effort. Google for it, I'm sure other lists have covered this.
> > >
> >
> > Odd. We appear to be running an MS proxy here.  Generally, you just go
> > into preferences in Netscape, et al, and setup the proxy settings.  In
> > Netscape, they are at Edit | Preferences | Advanced | Proxies | Manual
> > Proxy config | View.
> >
> > For web only, enter the proxy name or IP in the 'HTTP Proxy' field.
> > You'll need to get the port from your admin unless they use the
> > default.  Things like 80, 1080, or 8080 seem common for port.
> >
> > I've used Netscape on Windows and Solaris through msproxies.  I'm sure
> > Linux would work the same way here.
> >
> 
> That'd be the socks support you're configuring. MS proxy also has a
> proprietary protocol that makes it IE only.


Well, I kind of doubt it, since there's a separate SOCKS config that I'm
not using in that Netscape client.  But I'm not an expert.


-- 
Kevin Brosius
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