I'm not sure but I believe that firewalls work basicly in terms of IP
address and port numbres. May be some kind of Firewall requires aditional
authentication.
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Cludio Avolio Rodrigues
IBM Global Services
Systems Specialist
http://www.c-avolio.com/vb
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>Hmm, I understand that, but what I am not sure on, is how to communication
>with the proxy server
>ie, do I need to pass usernames or passwords? is there a standard way of
>communicating with them?
>regards
>Chris
>>I guess that:
>>If you are using a Firewall you must ask administrator to allow TCP
packets
>>on port 8250 to exit your network
>>If you are using a proxy you must ask administrato to configure the Proxy
>>Server to redirect all packets arriving on port 8250 to a pre-defined
>>address and port. Your application will have to use the address of Proxy
>>Server instead of the original one.
>>--
>>Cludio Avolio Rodrigues
>>IBM Global Services
>>Systems Specialist
>>http://www.c-avolio.com/vb
>>>Hi
>>>I need to add support for firewall/proxies into my tcpip client/server
>>>program, but I have not been able to find any info/code samples etc on
how
>>>to do this, it seems clear that the MSWinsock control does not directly
>>>support communications with a proxy/firewall, my application communicates
>>>between the client and the server on port 8250
>>>If anyone has any ideas, pointers advice etc, it would all be greatfully
>>>received!!
>>>Regards
>>>Chris Priest
Am I stupid? :)