using a proxy server

Hi I'm looking for info on using a proxy in linux, I've checked google and
yahoo and have only found info on setting up linux as a proxy server.

Claire <angry_gurl@where_the_hell_is_my_makeup.net> wrote:
> Hi I'm looking for info on using a proxy in linux, I've checked google and
> yahoo and have only found info on setting up linux as a proxy server.

What kind of proxy do you have in mind?

A www/ftp proxy? (like squid?)

Or an IP (socks) proxy?

If its a www proxy, then you just need to configure it in the browser
you are using. There is no global configuration file for it, although
some applications (non-GUI ones usually) respect http_proxy, ftp_proxy,
and no_proxy environment variables.

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On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:02:27 +1300, Cameron Kerr wrote:

> Claire <angry_gurl@where_the_hell_is_my_makeup.net> wrote:
>> Hi I'm looking for info on using a proxy in linux, I've checked google
>> and yahoo and have only found info on setting up linux as a proxy
>> server.
>
> What kind of proxy do you have in mind?
>
> A www/ftp proxy? (like squid?)
>
> Or an IP (socks) proxy?
>
> If its a www proxy, then you just need to configure it in the browser you
> are using. There is no global configuration file for it, although some
> applications (non-GUI ones usually) respect http_proxy, ftp_proxy, and
> no_proxy environment variables.

thanks for the info but it is an IP proxy I need to connect to

"Claire" <angry_gurl@where_the_hell_is_my_makeup.net> wrote in message
news:pan.2004.01.16.04.40.34.203000@where_the_hell _is_my_makeup.net...
> On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:02:27 +1300, Cameron Kerr wrote:
>
> > Claire <angry_gurl@where_the_hell_is_my_makeup.net> wrote:
> >> Hi I'm looking for info on using a proxy in linux, I've checked google
> >> and yahoo and have only found info on setting up linux as a proxy
> >> server.
> >
> > What kind of proxy do you have in mind?
> >
> > A www/ftp proxy? (like squid?)
> >
> > Or an IP (socks) proxy?
> >
> > If its a www proxy, then you just need to configure it in the browser
you
> > are using. There is no global configuration file for it, although some
> > applications (non-GUI ones usually) respect http_proxy, ftp_proxy, and
> > no_proxy environment variables.
>
> thanks for the info but it is an IP proxy I need to connect to

What is the NAME of the program that you want to connect to ?

EG my PC connects to the firewall, and connects to NEC socks5 server.
socks 5 server then connects to me to university telnet port.

We then have two pieces of information..
The protocol you want to use (Telnet protocol) and the breed of proxy
inbetwen (NEC socks 5)

Claire <angry_gurl@where_the_hell_is_my_makeup.net> wrote:

> thanks for the info but it is an IP proxy I need to connect to

Right then. That's more difficult, AFAIK

Because of how Socks proxies work, every application needs to be able to
support it. Some do, most don't in the Linux world. You might be able to
find socksified versions of the programs.

Here are some applications that may help you in socksifying your
programs without changing them.

$ apt-cache search socks
#Trimmed
dante-client - SOCKS wrapper for users behind a firewall
proxychains - Proxy Chains - redirect connections through proxy servers
tsocks - transparent network access through a SOCKS 4 or 5 proxy

I've never used any of these, so I can't vouch for it. tsocks seems to
be a LD_PRELOAD type of program, so should work on any non-statically
compiled program (ie, basically all programs in your distribution.)

Hope this helps.
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