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| RISC OS Proxy Server © Chris Audley, 1996 |
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Version 0.14a, Thu 09th May 1996
Information
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This file attempts to explain, simply, what this software does, how it
does it, and why it does it.
For more detailed info, please look in the !ProxySrvr.docs directory.
What does it do?
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Basically what the proxy server does is to allow locally networked machines
that don't have access to the 'real world' to fetch WWW pages and telnet
into remote machines, via a networked machine with an internet connection.
How does it do it?
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The proxy server sets up 'ears' on certain ports which listen for an incoming
connection. When it gets an connection it gets its instructions from the
requesting machine, and then acts accordingly. In the case of using a WWW
browser it will send the WWW request to the approprite remote machine, and
then transfer data back to the requesting host.
You need to configure your WWW browser or terminal to use the proxy server,
but more about that in the docs.
Why does it do it?
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Imagine a situation where you have four machines in a house networked
together, but only one machine has a modem to connect to the internet via a
dial-up IP account, and hence only one 'real' IP address.
Would'nt it be useful to allow the other three machines to fetch WWW pages
and telnet to the outside world, via the connected machine?
Well thats why, what and how it does it.
To find out how to use the proxy, please read !ProxySrvr.docs.ReadMe1st
and go from there.
Chris Audley chris@santaari.tcp.co.uk