Summary
Product: FreeProxy
Versions: All versions
Note: 2016
Date reported: 15 Aug 2003, 21 Sep 2003, 18 Nov 2003, 04 Jan 2004
Issue Detail
Which programs is FreeProxy able to interface with
Solution
The following programs have been tested.
Internet Explorer All versions HTTP, HTTPS, FTP . Instructions included in V3.5 and later Help.
Safari (iMac) All versions HTTP, HTTPS, FTP .
Outlook and Outlook Express 98, 2000, XP POP, SMTP, NNTP. Instructions included in V3.5 and later Help.
ZillaFTP, FileZilla, Seagull FTP, FTP Explorer, WS_FTP various FTP Proxy, and in some cases SOCKS5 as well.
Mozilla All versions HTTP, HTTPS, FTP . Tested V1.5
Netscape All versions HTTP, HTTPS, FTP . Tested V7.1
ICQ 2003 SOCKS 5. Instructions included in V3.5 and later Help.
Yahoo Messenger 5.6.0.1347 See compatibility problem below.
MSN Messenger 6 SOCKS 5. Instructions included in V3.5 and later Help.
AOL Messenger 5.2 SOCKS 5. See Technical note I2020.
Kazaa Media Desktop 2.6 SOCKS 5. See Technical note I2034.
Including all programs capable of connecting using SOCKS or HTTP.
§ FTP Proxy (or referred to as a 'firewall' in some FTP clients), from version 3.6 of FreeProxy
Compatibility issue with Yahoo Messenger
The version noted in the list above has a compatibility problem with SOCKS5 type proxy servers.
Yahoo Messenger (YM) attempts to resolve the host name of the messenger service server. In doing so, it issues a TCP call. Unless you have a DNS server correctly configured on your network, the host name will not resolve and consequently, YM will fail to connect.
To overcome this problem you can either use the HTTP proxy setting (this works OK) or if you particularly want to use SOCKS5, then do the following.
From the computer directly connected to the internet, start a DOS shell.
Start -> Run
If you have Windows 98 or Windows Me fill in command and press OK; or,
If you have Windows NT, 2000, XP or 2003 fill in cmd and press OK
Ping the server
type the following
ping scs.msg.yahoo.com
and you should get a response similar to this
Edit the local hosts file on each client. The hosts file on each client running Yahoo messenger can be found in these locations.
On Windows 98 or Me: C:Windows
On Windows NT/2000/2003/XP: C:WINNTSystem32Driversetc or C:WindowsSystem32Driversetc
Edit the file using Notepad. Make sure the file you are editing is called hosts and not hosts.sam nor hosts.txt. The file name has no extension. Double check this.
Place the following line into the hosts file. If the IP address you get in step 3 is different to the one shown above, use the one you get.
216.136.227.79 scs.msg.yahoo.com
The IP address starts in the first character position. There can be any number of spaces between the IP address and the host name. If you already have IP addresses in the host file, place this IP address at the end of the list. Positioning is not really significant.
Save the file.
Retry Yahoo Messenger
Rectified
n/a
Please upgrade to the latest version of FreeProxy.
Code:
Reply from 216.136.227.79: bytes=32 time=190ms TTL=55
Reply from 216.136.227.79: bytes=32 time=180ms TTL=55
Reply from 216.136.227.79: bytes=32 time=200ms TTL=55
Reply from 216.136.227.79: bytes=32 time=191ms TTL=55
Ping statistics for 216.136.227.79:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 180ms, Maximum = 200ms, Average = 190ms
The important information is 216.136.227.79 (the IP address). The rest can be ignored.
