From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 20 20:13:35 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA03573 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 20 Sep 1996 20:13:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts11-line3.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.118]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA03549 for ; Fri, 20 Sep 1996 20:13:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id UAA00407; Fri, 20 Sep 1996 20:13:38 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 20:13:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Robert Clark cc: "'freebsd-questions'" , " Robert Clark via Pii.com" Subject: Re: NAT, Web Proxies, SOCKS, etc?? In-Reply-To: <3242E72C@smtp> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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