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Unix + MS Proxy 2 + Wan

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by mark_lt

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How can I enable internet access to 5 Irix and 3 Linux box's, they are on the remote side of our Wan, and we use MS Proxy 2 as out firewall / gateway to the net.

We do not have our own DNS servers. Proxy does its look ups to our ISP.

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by jacob.wilkins

Other than web browsing, you will not be able
to use Unix clients with MS proxy.

MS Proxy requires that the "MS Proxy Client"
be installed, and that only exists
for windows.

by fataugie

MS Proxy does include a SOCKS proxy. What kind of work do they need to do? If it is just web browsing, then just enable the proxy config on the browsers on the *nix boxes. If it is an application, then you will need SOCKS support to be able to gothrough the proxy server. Now, have you tried to ping an internet server from the *nix boxes? Can you ping the proxy box? Your question leaves out quite a bit of troubleshooting info, please include more detail for a better answer.

Thanks

Anthony Testa, MCSE
fataugie@rochester.rr.com

by mark_lt

its a routed enviroment, so the box's will have no problems seeing the proxy. I know I left out a lot of trouble shooting info, the reason is that I have a connections between them, but lack Unix skills/knowledge to enable them to use the proxy, and the main requirement is for ftp access from the net. the points are yours for more info, even if it means it cant be done.

thanks

by fataugie

Thanks for the feedback. Ok, so the main stumbling point is that you can't use the ftp through the proxy server? I know on some windows ftp clients, you can specify a SOCKS server as well as authentication for using it. Does your clients support that? If so, then check the MS Proxy socks client and you will see there is a tab for the client authentication....we do not have *nix clients otherwise I would give you more specific answers on how to set them up, but from using Proxy Server for a couple of years now, I am fairly well versed in it's operation. Let me know if this helped at all.

Thanks

Tony
fataugie@rochester.rr.com

by fataugie

Upon reading your response again, I guess I am confused as to whether or not you are looking to use your *nix clients as ftp hosts going through the ms proxy, or if you are using the *nix hosts as clients. Please clarify. If what you're trying to do is more of a DMZ type of thing, then that changes my answer!

Thanks

Tony

by mark_lt

The Irix / Unix (SGI & Linux) hosts need to be able to have direct ftp access for updates etc, how we do it now is to ftp the files to a NT4 pc, then ftp them into the unix box, very long winded.

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