Re: KI: BB/ FIREWALLS

Alice Macpherson (alicemac@Kwantlen.BC.CA)
Sun, 19 Apr 1998 15:00:50 -1000

On Sun, 19 Apr 1998, Jenna Seehafer wrote:
> After I heard that some of us cannot get on the Bulletin Board, I
> recalled that a few of the URLs for the BB listed in previous email did
> not work. The following is the correct URL for the WAOE Bulletin Board:
> http://155.43.48.225:2020/cgi-bin/woeaconf.pl
>
> Also, there is a setting in Netscape in "Edit" or "Options"
> -->"Preferences"-->"Advanced " -->"Proxies" to help configure for
> firewalls, though you may need to call your specific internet provider
> to know which setting to use for your server.

Yes, in my case we operate on a specific proxy and
I cannot over ride the insitutional settings
a - because I don't know what else they can be set to in our environment,
b - more importantly, because I have been clearly told that the firewall
is not to be breached. (and I continue to need the job)

still <ggg>

alice

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