Re: Netscape stays blocked

From: Joe Rhett <jrhett@dont-contact.us>
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 03:19:28 -0800

On Sat, Feb 06, 1999 at 12:56:55AM +0100, Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
> You should fill in EITHER the protocol proxy settings or the socks
> server field, not both. If both are filled in then the socks server is
> used to reach the proxy server which most likely is not what you
> intended.
 
Err... yes.. but no. If the http proxy is on the local lan, it won't use
SOCKS to get to it. If it is on a different network, it will check
/etc/socks.conf or C:\WINDOWS\SOCKS.CNF file, to determine whether to use
SOCKS to get to the proxy. This makes it possible to have proxies either
inside or outside of the SOCKS proxy.

The file locations can be modified by XResources or Registry settings.
The syntax used is that for SOCKS4.

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Joe Rhett                                                 Systems Engineer
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Received on Sun Feb 07 1999 - 03:56:19 MST

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