From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 2 11:50:25 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E54AB1534C for ; Wed, 2 Jun 1999 11:50:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA14584; Wed, 2 Jun 1999 11:50:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 11:50:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: "Jason L. Schwab" Cc: Stephen Fisher , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: socks and freebsd In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Jason L. Schwab wrote: > I need to use the socks firewall, for everything, like cvsup and ftp, and > etc,etc like the hole deal sorta like a gateway... is that possible? CVSup <16.0 talks SOCKS, but >=16.0 uses simple tcp connections that should traverse your firewall. For everything else, install the socks5 port, then read up on 'runsocks'. > > You should be able to set up the SOCKS proxy through your web browser > > (Such as Netscape) at the very least. > > > > > > Steve > > > > "Jason L. Schwab" wrote: > > > > > > is it possible to have your fbsd box surf the net thro a socks firewall? > > > instead of being the firewall, gothrough one? Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message