On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Scott Faulkner wrote about, Re: Socks v4.x for Linux:
> Okay now I feel like a REAL Idiot...
Know the feeling.
> After reading your reply Richard and having several others point
> in the same direction I went back and messed with it some more
> and guess what I finally found the elusive proxy settings under NS.
Urica.
>
> Okay this gets Netscape working what about utils like Whois and
> Telnet??
Dont bother, you can add them of course, i never bother.
>
> Eventually after I get comfortable with Linux and learn more of the
> in's and out's I plan to scrap the NT box and use linux for my Firewall
> and Proxy but until then I'll stick with what's working now..
Why not do it now, Bill wont even notice.
>
>
> Thanks a Million
>
> Scott Faulkner
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> > I belive configurating netscape to work via a proxy server shopuld be
> > enough, be the remote proxy server NT windows or (u)Linux.
> >
> > In netscape click on edit then preferances
> > then click on the little arrow on the left of "advanced" it should then
> > chage direction and point downwards, 2 fields should then appier, proxies
> > and cache, click proxies then manual configuration, then "view" a seperate
> > window will appier, fill in the hostname and port of the remote server,
> > after closing the file it should work.
> >
> > You will have to find out on which port the NT server is listening,
> normaly
> > it will be port 8080 or 80.
> >
> > Thats what i do here on all my machines.
> >
> > Unless the NT server is configured to reject Linux boxes, why that should
> > be i dont know, then configuring netscape should work.
> >
> > Yes it says use socks in the documentation, NO you dont need to use it.
> >
> >
> > > Thanks in Advance..
> > >
> > >
> > > Scott Faulkner
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> > Regards Richard
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> > http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/
> > Merry Xmas.
> >
> >
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Regards Richard
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http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/
Merry Xmas.
