Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 20:19:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Brian O'Connor" <brianoc@gil.com.au> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gateway local net over PPP Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960908200740.224J-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199609081048.UAA06354@iccu6.ipswich.gil.com.au>
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On Sun, 8 Sep 1996, Brian O'Connor wrote: > >2) Run SOCKS. No good; I don't know how to reconfigure the Novell Lan > >Workplace tcp/ip clients to use the socks server. (If someone knows how > >to do this I'm listening!! -- or perhaps know SOCKSified Windows clients) > >Anyone have a socks5.conf I can steal? > > The Novell LWP does not use winsock 1.1, unless you get the patch. If > you run winsock access to a socks server via some of the new software is > quite easy. I have used the Aventail 16 bit .dll, which works nicely. > The question of UDP proxying also needs to be resolved, unless you run a > cacheing DNS on your box to the net. I have modified the udprelay > software available on Wang's FTP server to do this automatically. I > have also modified the socks 4.2.2 and 4.3 software to handle dynamic IP > address assignment on the PPP interface. I'm running caching DNS so that will help somewhat. So you're suggesting I go with SOCKS plus a SOCKSified WINSOCK.DLL, and grab your patches to 4.3 to make it dynamically capable. Since Socks5 is ported to FreeBSD, do you know if v5 can handle dynamic IPs? > Try: http://www.aventail.com, and > > http://www.hummingbird.com > > The sockscap software available from the nec ftp server ("socks home") will > also make access via Win 3.1 to socks easy, but once again you need > winsock access. I have not tried this with the patched Novell LWP stack, > but it works well with the MS TCP/IP for WFW 3.11. Sockscap is now > also available in 32 bit for Win 95. I don't know what you mean by "Winsock access" but if these Winsocks are independently configured then I could swing it. I'm not in dire need of the DOS LWP tools to get to the outside net, since I have a collection of programs to do that for me under Windows. > >3) Run a firewall. Trying that now, it doesn't look like the firewall > >will proxy or perform the necessary conversions to get the replies back. > > > > Depends what you are calling a firewall. The "firewall" in the FreeBSD > kernel is really only a packet filter. Try the firewall toolkit from > Trusted Information Systems. It is a VERY nice full blown application > gateway package, with authentication server - the works. url is > > ftp://ftp.tis.com Someone else mentioned this package. As long as it's free and ported to FreeBSD :) I'll give it a peek. > The TIS package is well worth a look. Try a cacheing DNS on your > ppp box - I have not done it yet, but it should be easier than running the > udprelay package. Socks 4.3 & 5 get around the DNS question, but not > for DOS & Win 95 clients. K. > I would be glad to help with more specific details if you need them. > The hardest part of getting everything going was the dynamic IP address > assignment on the PPP link. I wish I understood how to configure socks5 -- they don't provide a sample config so I don't know what's within it's bounds and what's not :( 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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