Linux to Microsoft Proxy Server connection.

"Allen Kistler" <ackistler@oohay.moc> wrote in message
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> Richard K. Kishore wrote:
> > Hi y'all. How do you get GNU/Linux to use a Microsoft proxy Server. The
> > connection is dial-up, and the computer connected to the internet runs a
> > Microsoft Proxy Server.
> >
> > Is there another (free) proxy server for windows that will work with
> > Linux as a client?
>
> If you just need the MSProxy to be a gateway, then define the internal
> address of the Proxy as the gateway on the Linux box.
>
> If you want to use the MSProxy to be a genuine http/https/ftp proxy,
> define the internal address of the Proxy to be a proxy in your browser
> setting on Linux.
>
> Squid is probably the most popular proxy that runs on Linux, but there
> are others. If you want another proxy that runs on Windows, you need to
> ask a Windows group. Anything that conforms to the RFCs for a web proxy
> should work with any web client on any OS.

Like a lot of open-source software, squid can run under windows. I think
it's a cygwin port, so it doesn't feel quite "at home" under windows, and
will be a bit less efficient than under *nix, but it will work nonetheless.
Once you've got the hang of its idiosyncracies, cygwin gives you a fair
amount of the *nix world on a windows machine, and a great deal of *nix
software can be compiled directly under cygwin.

"Richard K. Kishore" <rkishore@att.net> wrote in message
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> Larry I Smith wrote:
> > Richard K. Kishore wrote:
> >
> >> Hi y'all. How do you get GNU/Linux to use a Microsoft proxy Server.
> >> The connection is dial-up, and the computer connected to the internet
> >> runs a Microsoft Proxy Server.
> >>
> >> Is there another (free) proxy server for windows that will work with
> >> Linux as a client?
> >
> >
> > If this is a dial-up connection, then I assume that it is
> > a home network.
> >
> > Why not make the Linux box "the computer connected to the internet"?
> > Then you could config the Windows boxes to route through the Linux box.
> >
> > Does anyone out there know any reason this would not work?
> > I can't think of any.....
> >
> > Regards,
> > Larry
> >
>
> Yes there is a very good reason. Linux doesn't support about 90% of the
> modems out there.

Linux supports most modems, even fake non-modems (aka winmodems). But no
one in their right mind would consider using a winmodem on an internet
gateway, even when using windows - most of the modem functionality has to
run in software, giving a large perfomance and reliability hit. And why on
earth someone would choose to use a P4-class pc (estimating what is needed
for windows + ms proxy) with hundreds of dollars worth (or at least, cost
:-) of software for a job that can be done with free linux on a 386, is
beyond me. Real hardware modems are not *that* expensive.

Well, should it matter?

You can connect any linux client to MS proxy server 2 and above (1
needs client agent), should that doesn't use any authorization scheme
like ISA server.

Free proxy server on windows? Why don't you use ICS (Internet
connection sharing) on that windows pc?


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raqueeb hassan
congo (drc)

In article <wxNRc.416653$Gx4.256072@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
rkishore@att.net (Richard K. Kishore) writes:

>Davorin Vlahovic wrote:
>
>> ["Followup-To:" header set to alt.os.linux.]
>> On 2004-08-04, Richard K. Kishore <rkishore@att.net> wrote:
>>
>>>>Why not make the Linux box "the computer connected to the internet"?
>>>>Then you could config the Windows boxes to route through the Linux
>>>>box. Does anyone out there know any reason this would not work?
>>>>I can't think of any.....
>>>
>>>Yes there is a very good reason. Linux doesn't support about 90% of
>>>the modems out there.
>k>
>>
>> So, an RS-232 hardware modem is so expensive - what, $15? :)
>
>Its not so much the cost, but more about the time spent, and depending
>on the situation, buying another modem might not be an option.

Certainly there's a space consideration when using an external modem
(especially with a laptop!). And let's face it, convenience is such
a seductive thing that marketroids have successfully committed many
atrocities in its name. But when it comes to time spent, an external
modem has no IRQ conflicts, no worries about drivers... you plug it in
and it just works. Saving time is one of the main reasons I stick with
external modems.

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