[squid-users] Windows Program (eSignal)

I want to run the program of a data-provider (exchange-quotes;
www.eSignal.com) behind my Linux (Suse 8.0) Firewall.

On their site they say that their program works with different Windows-Proxy
Server (Netscape Proxy, Microsoft Proxy 2.0 and WinGate).
(Unfortunately there is no hint for using it within a Linux-Network)

The requiremets for those proxies were (quoting their site):
1) the proxy server has to be "SOCKS v4, v4.3A or v5 compliant".

2) "eSignal applications do not support authentication queries from the
firewall/proxy server. It is strongly recommended that you use IP
authentication instead of user authentication; otherwise, the eSignal
application program on the client machine will not be able to access its
Internet servers. "

3.) Their program: "uses both the "query-response" type and active/streaming
technology (TCP)."

My question are now:
a) Would Squid work or not?
b) Could it be possible that just masquerading would work - because of
IP-Authentification versus user-Authentification.

Thanks for your help,
Carl
Received on Sat May 03 2003 - 01:08:03 MDT