Re: [squid-users] Windows Program (eSignal)

Hello,

 <the proxy server has to be "SOCKS v4, v4.3A or v5 compliant".>

=> Short answer: No, the application will not work with Squid.
   Squid is a HTTP proxy, not a socks.

rgrds,

                Bart

Gooly wrote:

>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 - 01:18:00 MDT