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Date:      Wed, 21 Jan 1998 19:44:19 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Lars Jonas Olsson <ljo@mcs.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Proxies for AOL and CVSup?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980121194320.5616Q-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199801191923.NAA08989@Mercury.mcs.net>

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On Mon, 19 Jan 1998, Lars Jonas Olsson wrote:

>  I have a FreeBSD server that connects a LAN to the internet. The
> server does not do packet forwarding, but has squid and DeleGate
> proxies and runs sendmail and xntpd. This overall works very well.
> 
>  How do I setup a proxy for AOL (Americ Online)? A senior person in
> the company is not happy that he cannot use the TCP/IP based AOL on
> the LAN... I'd like to keep the current proxy setup, so need some
> help.

Just allow the AOL port through the firewall.  Simple.  The port is given
in the Setup Modem area of the AOL client.

>  Personally I also would like to be able to use cvsup to upgrade other
> freebsd machines on the LAN. How do I setup a proxy for this?

If you do ftp proxy, then specify cvsup run in passive mode.

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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