use nmap against your proxy and find loop holes :D
On 1/23/06, V P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 1/22/06, Linux Rocks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > http_proxy=username:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:80 > > > > > > is it because my proxy is blocking icmp packets.. is > > > there someway i can > > > verify that?? > > > > > > > That might be the case; your proxy is blocking icmp > > packets. If you are the proxy admin there are ways to > > find out. What are you running? > > Since when did proxies start "proxy-ing" ICMP requests? The only way > you can ping external hosts is if your gateway NATs you to the outside > world. > > Vivek > > -- > Registered Linux User #374218 > > Minister of Offense, Preserver of the Way > of the Great Llama, Ambassador to India > for the Republic of Loungevania > > -- > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

