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Date:      Mon, 29 Jan 2001 22:41:18 +0300
From:      "Artem Koutchine" <matrix@ipform.ru>
To:        "Thornton HM2 Neill R" <ThorntonNR@nassau.usmc.mil>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Running Internet Explorer on FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <001c01c08a2b$7486ec00$0c00a8c0@ipform.ru>
References:  <151B728C3BD0D311A00C00508BA3739009F139@lha4mubd01.nassau.usmc.mil>

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The binaries are most likely for Sparc. If so - they won't run.
If it is x86 then there is some hope.
Anyway, why bother? Install VMWare2 and run anything you want
in a virtual machine.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Thornton HM2 Neill R" <ThorntonNR@nassau.usmc.mil>
To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 9:45 PM
Subject: Running Internet Explorer on FreeBSD


> Hello All,
>
> I have a quick question regarding Internet Explorer.  I have read on
some
> web pages that FreeBSD can do Solaris emulation.  This didn't seem
right to
> me (I thought it was just SCO,Linux,BSDi) but I thought I should ask
anyway.
>
> The reason I am asking is that I am stuck behind a MS Proxy Server
that has
> Windows NT Authentication enabled.  This is an Evil Thing because it
is a
> closed Microsoft protocol that only works with Internet Explorer.  I
have
> already talked to the SysAdmins involved with the proxy servers, but
since
> it is a military controlled machine, it has to have a very certain
> configuration (i.e., NTAuth).
>
> There are binaries of IE5 for HP-UX and Solaris, but as I mentioned
before,
> I didn't think that FreeBSD can run these.  Am I wrong in this
assumption?
> If so, has anyone had any luck running IE5?
>
> If I cannot run these binaries, does anyone know of a workaround to
this
> bastard Proxy Server Protocol?
>
> Your time is appreciated....
>
> Neill
>
> -----
> HM2(FMF) Neill Thornton
> Senior Corpsman, Weapons Company
> BLT 1/8, 22d Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable)
>
>
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