>I think he doesn't want to use *any* proxy. I believe the ISP is using a
>transparent proxy capturing all TCP port 80 traffic and sending it to
>their proxy (Cisco Cache Engine, for example, can do this; I've never
>worked with Squid).
Thats why I included the HTTP test. If he can't establish a
direct connection, that means that the ISP has filtered out
port 80 traffic from the modem pool. This is an effective
way to MAKE ALL USERS use the proxy server.
--David
>
>> If it doesn't connect, call your ISP and COMPLAIN! You do NOT
>> want all of your secure bank transactions, etc going through
>> their proxy servers. If they say that their server is "secure",
>
>Well, secure (https) connections occur on TCP port 443 (I believe) so
>their transparent proxy won't redirect those. But you are correct, being
>forced to use a proxy just doesn't cut it.
>
>> >Hi, I have recently set-up IP Masq. on RedHat 5.1 and got it running
>> >without incident, however, my ISP insists on routing all outbound http
>> >requests through a proxy (caching) server with no alternatives around
>> >this... is there an easy method of achieving this! Currently, all my
>> >boxes behind the linux box can access the internet on all ports except
>> >http.
>
>Dave
>
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