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Date:      Sat, 03 Jul 1999 01:03:08 +0300
From:      Sodah <rsodah@index.com.jo>
To:        Jonathon Doran <doranj@Colorado.EDU>, FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: socks5
Message-ID:  <377D371C.60DC1ACE@index.com.jo>
References:  <199907022039.OAA15281@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>

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Jonathon Doran wrote:

> > You don't.  It's a proxy software.  It really just depends on your setup,
> > you are either going to need to setup a proxy or two or use ppp -alias (or
> > natd) to allow access from the win95 machine.
>
> What?  Unless he's done something odd, none of this is needed.  Out of the
> box, FreeBSD's telnet/ftp daemons will accept connections from Windows 95.

i did nothing , i am just trying to run mIRC at my Win-box
till now i keep getting "unable to resolve IRC server"

-Pons

>
>
> Lets not complicate things with proxies until we have evidence that a
> proxy is needed.  And a proxy isn't going to help a FreeBSD machine accept
> a connection from Windows 95.  It would, however, help the Windows machine
> connect to another machine _on the other side_ of the FreeBSD machine.  But
> this doesn't appear to be what he is trying to do...
>
> Quoting the original question:
> > > Why do i need socks5 on my BSD machine to accept Windows95 connections?
>
> Pons:  what do you mean by "accept Windows 95 connections"?  How are you
> attempting to connect?  (ftp/telnet/irc/something else).  This makes a
> great deal of difference.
>
> What were the circumstances around your being told that you need socks5?
> Were you trying to do something, and someone offered you this advice?  It
> might have been good advice which you have confused with another problem.
>
> Jon Doran



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