Hello all,
My machine is part of a Lan , we have access to the public network using a proxy,
Is it possible for me use the command line telnet to connect to a machine on the public network;

Its a http proxy (squid).
I use redhat 9.

Thx for any help

depends how your proxy is running, squid's a big job, could be doing a number of different things. What I do to ssh to my home server (ssh mind.. why on earth are you using telnet?) is make it listen on a port that is being proxied already that i am just nbot using, e.g. 443 (https normally). As long as i know what application to connect to it with, it works just fine.

I dont have access to the proxy.. ( i dont intend to either). but from what i understand its a http proxy.


Can you explain this a little more , coz i didnt understand what you were trying to say. let me rephrase my problem.
I want to telnet to an smtp server which is on the public network ( i mean ip something like 201.xxx.xxx.xxx), but i am part of a private lan (10.xxx.xxx.xxx). and my access to the public network ( internet ) is only thru a proxy. Now i have an option to set these settings in the browser but what about tools that doesnt have such and option. like command line telnet (or is there an option which i dont know). so hence the question.
Is it possible for me to connet to the server using my command line tools, or should i use different tools.

thx for any help ..

most http proxies can proxy telnet / ssh data, like i said, that's what i do. you don't need access to the proxy at all, not sure why you thought i meant you did.