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Date:      Fri, 17 May 1996 17:07:52 -0500 (CDT)
From:      "Lars Jonas Olsson" <jonas@mcs.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        jonas@mcs.net
Subject:   Proxy servers
Message-ID:  <m0uKXge-0005yBC@mars.mcs.com>

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The proxy servers I got mentioned/recommended were:

squid
http://www.nlanr.net/Squid

harvest
http://harvest.cs.colorado.edu/

cern
http://www.w3.org

I was however to impatient and installed the Netscape 1.12 proxy
server for BSDI 2.0 (actually BSDI 1.* binaries). This installed
without any hitch on my FreeBSD 2.1R server. I used Mosaic on a remote
machine to set the proxy server up. This was installed on a 486DX25
"server" with no packet forwarding and 80 MB IDE HD and 80MB SCSI HD
(Seagate ST296, really old). The "server" has no X installed.

 The netscape 1.12 proxy server can be downloaded from

http://www.netscape.com

 You need to register first and then use the user id and password
to download. This gives you 60 days to test it out. (And look
for a free alternative.) The proxy server costs $995 I think.

 I then tried to use this proxy from Mosaic 2.6 on FreeBSD with no
sucess even though the README for Mosaic says that it has proxy
support. I guess it is just some configuration/setup issue. Perhaps
finding a netscape that runs under FreeBSD 2.1R can solve this
problem.

 Then I installed Netscape Atlas preview on a WinFWG machine with
microsoft tcp/ip stack. In the Options menu I selected Network
Preferences and manual Proxy Configuration to type in the host name
and port number for my proxy server. After this netscape works fine. I
don't need any name server on the internal network either.

Jonas



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