From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 11 12:52: 0 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gull.prod.itd.earthlink.net (gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2717C37B402 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2002 12:51:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from user-vcaugsh.dsl.mindspring.com ([216.175.67.145] helo=joeandlane.com) by gull.prod.itd.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16aNQb-0004ee-00 for questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2002 12:51:57 -0800 Received: (from nobody@localhost) by joeandlane.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g1BKpDJ12962; Mon, 11 Feb 2002 14:51:13 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from lane@joeandlane.com) Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 14:51:13 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <200202112051.g1BKpDJ12962@joeandlane.com> X-Authentication-Warning: joeandlane.com: nobody set sender to lane@joeandlane.com using -f From: "Lane Holcombe" To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Freebsd and firewalls X-Mailer: NeoMail 1.25 X-IPAddress: 207.203.42.36 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I've recently installed Freebsd on an available PC at work. In order to do this I had to download the /bin subdirectory from ftp.freebsd.org using my Windows OS, reboot to freebsd boot disks and then install from a DOS filesystem. This is because I cannot seem to get FreeBSD to punch through the firewall at work. Using sysinstall I have attempted ftp installation, ftp passive, and ftp via http proxy but none have been able to connect. I am able to use FTP from Windows but not from the DOS Command line. Windows asks for user authentication but DOS just fails. I am able to use PPM (Perl Package Manager) from MSDos by setting three environment variables: HTTP_PROXY, HTTP_PROXY_USER, and HTTP_PROXY_PASS. I am NOT able to use this technique to utilze CPAN on DOS nor does it seem to work for any network activity in Freebsd. If anyone has any ideas how to make FreeBSD negotiate with my firewall please help. thanks lane (holcombe) -- NeoMail - Webmail that doesn't suck... as much. http://neomail.sourceforge.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message