On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, -JhAzEr- wrote: > On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 16:38:23 +0800 (PHT) > "Ian C. Sison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> mused: > > > On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, -JhAzEr- wrote: > > > > > I'm having trouble accessing one site, my manager told me that it uses > > > winsock in windows. > > > > Winsock and socks are two different things. Winsock is windows > > implementation of tcp sockets, socks is a library which is used to provide > > seamless access to the public internet from an private intranet. > > > > > I saw the socks(tcp/udp) port numbers from > > > /etc/services. My problem is i can't figure out how to put it in my > > > /etc/inetd.conf, as there is no executable for socks in my binary > > > directories. Do i have to install something to be able to use socks? > > > > What application are you trying to run? If it truly requires socks, then > > you should have a look at 'dante' which is an open source implementation > > of the socks library. > > Actually it's a website (a web ordering site). You must have a certificate to access >the site. > > > > > But most likely your problem is due to the fact that there are problems > > with your masquerading rules. > > ;) I'm also looking into that, but i still can't figure it out (still have a pea >knowledge of iptables...sigh).
If its iptables maybe you can isolate it by doing a simple MASQ+foward. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
