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From: jkane@earth.execpc.com (Jeff Kane)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: [Was Firewalls] Proxy & FreeBSD
Date: 5 Feb 1996 16:16:49 GMT
Organization: Exec-PC
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I am reposting this with a more appropriate subject line.
: Evan Nanos (vaggelis@cs.sunysb.edu) wrote:
: Does anyone know if there are any public domain software
: for implementing firewalls on FreeBSD networks?
: Furthermore, are there any documentation available?
: I would appreciate any information or pointers to sources.
: Thanx.
In specific, I would like to see a proxy server.
Socks been compiled anywhere??
I want to run a proxy server on a FreeBSD box at home to use with a PPP
Dial up line to a service provider. I then will access the world with other
machines (various flavors) thru this proxy server. I want a proxy rather
than a firewall, so I do not have to get more IP addresses. I know this can
be done, Just wondering if anybody has a version that is available for
FreeBSD. I looked in the ported software list, and none is there.
I have heard about SOCKS, but don't know if it will work with FreeBSD.
Also, I understand it is not all that transparent to the applications
as some other proxy servers are. I can do some testing for functionality
if necessary. I know the Internet provider quite well and can get them
to work with me (within reason!)
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