Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 10:27:16 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com> Cc: Robert Burns <rjburns@lanzen.net>, questions@freebsd.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wingate Equivalent for FreeBSD ???? Message-ID: <32731CE4.1B7D@barcode.co.il> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961025081953.8940D-100000@harlie>
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Eric J. Schwertfeger wrote: > > On Thu, 24 Oct 1996, Robert Burns wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > How do you get lan workstations to connect to the internet through a > > UNIX box connected to an ISP with ppp. The workstations are all using > > internal TCP/IP address. > > > > I know a package exists for Win95 but can this be done on a unix box? > > I'm sure it can be done but how? > > Depends on what apps need to talk to the Internet. If you're looking at > MS Internet Explorer 3.0 or Netscape Navigator 1.2 or later, install the > socks port. This is the only way I know to proxy SSL connections. If you > need to proxy ftp, fwtk is the way to go, as most win FTP programs don't > grok socks. I use a mix of both on my home network. There is a smal ad-on to the fwtk that will proxy SSL connections as well. It's called ssl-gw (and there is a patched version called ssl-gw2). I don't remember where I got it (perhaps pointers in the SSLeay page) but I'd bet a search on ssl-gw will get you there. Nadav
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