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Date:      Fri, 20 Sep 1996 20:13:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Robert Clark <ROBERTC@PII.COM>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>, " Robert Clark via Pii.com" <robert.clark@mailhost.PII.COM>
Subject:   Re: NAT, Web Proxies, SOCKS, etc??
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.960920201257.349L-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3242E72C@smtp>

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On Fri, 20 Sep 1996, Robert Clark wrote:

>      We have one Class C segment that can reach the internet through the 
> firewall.
>      On this class C, sits a FreeBSD 2.0.5 system, running CERN httpd as a 
> cached proxy.
>      Other class C segments, from the group reserved for stations not 
> connected to the Internet, use this proxy to browse the web.
>      (Clients are WFW3.11, W95, and dos.)
>      It works well, and takes almost no maintenance.
> 
>      Problems:
> 
>      Users can browse, but they can't telnet, ftp (non-anonymously), or read 
> news.

That makes sense.  the cern proxy doesn't proxy anything but web.

>      Questions:
>      
>      What can I use with FreeBSD to enable users to FTP, telnet and the 
> like?
> 
>      SOCKS? (what and how?)

That would be my first thought.  Set up socks on your FreeBSD box and
point all your clients at it.  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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