[96725] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Accessing the internet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Stearns)
Thu Oct 29 00:08:59 1998
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 00:12:19 -0500 (EST)
From: William Stearns <wstearns@pobox.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
cc: Mike Hunziker <MCHunziker@us.fortis.com>,
Daniel Lanicek <lanicek@silo.csci.unt.edu>
In-Reply-To: <s62ddb97.067@US.FORTIS.COM>
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On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Mike Hunziker wrote:
> If I may piggyback onto Daniel's question I am trying to do
> the exact same thing and have the exact same question.
> I ftp'd a socks5 rpm from sunsite. It may be a day or so before
> I can install......will this include any socksified apps like ftp and
> telnet? Is this all I need? I want to run my linux box as a news
> server for my home network, will this work with a MS socks
> proxy server? Thanks in advance for any information.
>
> > From: "Daniel Lanicek" <lanicek@silo.csci.unt.edu>
> >Subject: Accessing the Internet via MS Proxy Server?
> >I've set up a Linux box at work on a mostly NT network. I need to use a
> >NT machine running Microsoft Proxy server to get to the Internet. I got
> >Netscape working just fine, but how do I set up Linux to telnet, ncftp,
> >ping, etc. to the Internet via MS proxy server?!
> >Daniel
I wanted to suggest one marvelously nice alternative under Linux.
If you can use a Linux box as the gateway machine between your Lan and the
Internet, IP Masquerading has some really nice features:
- Multiple client machines can access the Internet through a single IP
address.
- No changes are needed to your client programs.
- Darn near any IP protocol gets passed correctly.
Disadvantages:
- IP Masquerading is generally for outgoing connections only - Incoming
calls on CUSeeMe, for example, are tough.
The HOWTO collection at Sunsite [*] has an IP-Masquerade
Mini-Howto that tells you how to set it up. Let me know if you have any
questions.
Cheers,
- Bill
[*] http://sunsite.unc.edu/linux/HOWTO/
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William Stearns (wstearns@pobox.com)
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