By selecting this option you will be able to add new proxies in order to satisfy your needs
- by selecting the link labeled <b><a href="#NewProxy">New proxy</a></b>. Also you can
modify the settings for the proxies that are already running or delete them - when you select the link
<b><a href="#ActiveProxies">Active proxies</a></b>. This section lets you to access the Proxy-Pro GateKeeper main functionality: to let the users from your LAN to access the Internet.
For some proxy, no matter what type it is, to work you must setup the next information:
<li>The port that will be used by the proxy for listening the requests coming from the workstations in your LAN. The value for the port must be in the range starting at 1 till 65535. Also you must be aware that two different proxies, not matter what type, cannot use the same port. In the case you will setup the same port for two different proxies by mistake you will see that the second proxy will not run - the word "No" colored red inside the column labeled Running,
<li>You must check the Enabled option if you want the proxy to run immediately after saving the information about it,
<li>If you want to see the traffic generated by the users from your LAN you must check the option labeled Logging.
Selecting the "New Proxy" link, a table will appear. Here you can select, what kind of proxy you want to add.
After that you will have to fill in some specific settings for each proxy.<br>
<b>HTTP proxy</b><br>
The HTTP proxy allows WEB browsers from your LAN workstations to access the Internet as if they were directly connected to the Internet. It uses HTTP cache to speed up browsing and to minimize the traffic through your modem/ISDN connection.
It also has the FTP protocol interpreter incorporated, so you can use the HTTP proxy to browse FTP servers and to download files from those servers.
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<b> FTP proxy </b><br>
The FTP proxy allows FTP clients from your LAN workstations to download archives, documents and other file types from the Internet as if they were directly connected to the Internet.
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<b> SOCKS Proxy </b><br>
The SOCKS proxy allows any SOCKS 4/SOCKS 5 compatible client to access the Internet as if the client was directly connected to the Internet. To use SOCKS 4/SOCKS 5, you must have DNS available on your LAN.
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<b> POP3 Proxy </b><br>
A POP3 proxy is required if your mail server is outside your LAN and you want to be able to check your mail. Your POP3 server becomes the Proxy-Pro GateKeeper machine (e.g. "gateway"), and your POP3 username becomes the following:
<u>Note:</u> the separator is a single character and is configurable. As separator use a character that won't appear in the POP3 username or in POP3 server (usually #).
<br>For example, if I am using Netscape, MS Mail, or Pegasus mail, my POP3 username would become john#mail.infopulse.nl
<br>If I were to use Eudora, the POP3 account would become john#mail.infopulse.nl@gateway
<br>So, if you are using Eudora, you simply replace the @ symbol with the separator and add @gateway to the end. That is all you need to do.
<br>Note, john#mail.infopulse.nl@gateway will be used as the default return address unless you specify the correct one. ENSURE that your return address is your actual email address.
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<b> Mapped Links </b><br>
Mapped Links (known also as TCP bridges) allow client applications that don't have the ability to connect through a proxy, to still connect to the Internet. A mapped link listens at a specified port, and when a client connects to this port, the mapped link connects to the Internet at a specified address and port (it creates a 'pipe' through Proxy-Pro GateKeeper, between the client and the server).
<br>You will probably use mapped links for sending mail (SMTP) and reading/posting news-articles.
<br>Example:<br>
Your ISP provides you with an IP address for the news server (for example: news.isp.com). Then you configure a mapped link as follows: Input_Port: 119, Output_Address: news.isp.com, Output_Port: 119). Your newsreader software should then be configured to use the gateway-machine as your news-server.
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<b> Mapped ports </b><br>
Mapped ports (known also as UDP bridges) work in the same way as Mapped links do, the difference is that they work for UDP packets.
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<b> RealAudio proxy </b><br>
The RealAudio proxy allows RealPlayer software from your LAN workstations to access the Internet as if they were directly connected to the Internet.
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<b> TELNET proxy </b><br>
To use the Telnet proxy, you have to set up one and after that connect to the Gateway machine with the Telnet client. The proxy will ask you the name of the remote server you want to connect to and establishes the connection. From now on all is the same as if you were connected directly to the remote server.
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<b> SSL proxy </b><br>
The SSL proxy allows applications from your LAN workstations to provide a secure connection as if they were directly connected to the Internet.
Displays the currently configured proxies. This page is refreshing itself in every 20 seconds. Additional fields description:
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<li> Running :specifies if the proxy is running or not. If the proxy is not running but is enabled then view the Proxy-Pro GateKeeper event log to get error information.
<li> Action :contains two buttons: one to edit the proxy settings and the other to remove the proxy.
