a networking question

[Soo-Hyun Choi]

> > If my machine is sitting behind some proxy server,
>
> What type of proxy-server? Socks, HTTP(s), FTP, ...?

I think it is HTTP(s) proxy (but I need to check this with our net admin.)

>
> > and I cannot do 'ssh' to a machine beyond the
> > proxy server, how can I do 'ssh'
>
> SSH through a proxy? I think there's no way (for http/ftp proxies) apart
> from using an interactive php-shell on the machine behind the proxy, as you
> won't get a direct socket-connection to the host.
>

Then, how can I do 'ssh'?


> > (even 'apt-get')?
>
> For apt-get you imho need to set the needed proxy-settings within the
> wget-configuration (/etc/wgetrc). If you are behind a proxy without
> authentification the entries should look like the ones already in the
> config. If you need simple authentification the entry for a proxy is
> "protocoll://username:password@server:port" (without quotes), if the proxy
> is authentificating against a windows-domain, you'll need imho an entry like
> "protocoll://domain\\\\username:password@server:port" (WITH QUOTES).
>
> > E.g., what sort of settings should I have to change for proxy? or what
> > kind of my machine's settings should be changed?
>
> If these options are not sufficiant you should set the enviroment-variables.
> "export ftp_proxy <proxy>" and "export http_proxy <proxy>" (<proxy> should
> be replaced by the entries used above).

I will do the above step and will tell you the outcomes.

Thanks,