A. M. Varon wrote: > > On Fri, 9 May 1997, Rick Jones wrote: > > > I think I know the answer to this already, BUT is it possible to run a > > secondary DNS through an IP masq firewall? > > > > Just wondering since I'm about to network my home systems via an IP masq > > firewall and would rather use one of my other systems as secondary. > > andre: I think not. except if there is a special bind to support ip masq. > > > I haven't researched IP masq firewalling yet. Is this the BEST way to put > > a machine on the net without it's own IP? > > Personally, i prefer ip masq over socks because some old client software > does'nt support socks and you don't have to configure anything on the > client internet software. In my setup, netscape for win95(client) can even > use web proxies for faster access. > > I suggest you get the kernel 2.0.30 because the patches to make ip masq > work in linux has been incorporated in the kernel as modules.
Any client software in Win95 can be used--you just need the WinSock DLL shim by Hummingbird. I prefer socks because it's at a lower level than http proxies (and thus can be used for anything else). How about accessing an Oracle database from a PB app? Can your http proxy do that? 8) -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .