[47947] in Cypherpunks
Re: Netscape & open NNTP servers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Weinstein)
Thu Jan 25 00:44:06 1996
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 21:23:15 -0800
From: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Stephen Albert wrote:
> I've got a question that I feel like I *should* know the answer to, but don't.
>
> Say I configure Netscape to point through an open http proxy, and then connect t
> an open NNTP server. I don't know much about how proxies work. Does the NNTP
> connection go through the proxy or directly from my machine? As I understand it
> if it does the first, then I don't have to worry about the NNTP server's log
> file, if any. But if it does the second, I do.
I believe that it will use a SOCKS proxy if configured, but that
NNTP will not use the HTTP proxy.
--Jeff
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Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist
Netscape Communication Corporation
jsw@netscape.com - http://home.netscape.com/people/jsw
Any opinions expressed above are mine.
