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From: ami@alt.net (Ami Bar-Yadin)
Subject: Re: Kermit95 and proxy server
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 17:33:47 GMT
Organization: chaos
Message-ID: <37ab7948.140607162@news.alt.net>
To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
On 4 Aug 1999 14:12:01 GMT, jaltman@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Jeffrey
Altman) wrote:
>In article <37a841e3.126425610@news.alt.net>,
>Ami Bar-Yadin <ami@alt.net> wrote:
>: How do I tell Kermit to telnet via a proxy server?
>: As it is, sometimes I get through and sometimes I don't, and
>: sometimes it takes longer to get a login prompt.
Thanks for the quick response.
>Kermit has no specific support for any brand of proxy servers.
I see. I have no experience with proxy servers, but I assume this
answer implies that I need to tell the proxy server to allow the
telnet protocol to pass.
Again, thanks for your help and quick response. I'll contact the
cable modem support and ask about setting a pass-thru for telnet
protocol.
>If you get through sometimes and not others it would leave
>me believe that your problem is not a proxy server. Either
>that or the proxy server should be replaced.
>
>More than likely the host is attempting to perform a Reverse
>DNS lookup and depending on the IP Address you are using it
>cannot find one, and therefore rejects you by hanging up
>the connection.
Later,
--
Ami Bar-Yadin (ami@alt.net)