Firewalls: Re: Proxy-server for AOL client???

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Subject:	Re: Proxy-server for AOL client???
From:	peter @ nmti . com (Peter da Silva)
Date:	Thu, 29 Feb 1996 08:41:15 -0600 (CST)
To:	perry @ sutr . cynic . org (Perry The Cynic)
Cc:	ayen @ access . digex . net, firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to:	<9602281908.AA29856@ cynic.org> from "Perry The Cynic" at Feb 28, 96 11:08:41 am

> For what it's worth, I've written an AOL relay demon that is freely
> available for the asking. AOL is just using a single outbound TCP
> channel, so it's not complicated. The demon logs connections,
> forces connections to AOL (only), and runs as "nobody" (or anybody
> else you like) under inetd.

Huh? How does this differ from running a plug-gw?

	Logs connections.
	Forces connections to a specific host/port.
	Runs as nobody under inetd.

Does AOL need something more complex than this?

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Re: Proxy-server for AOL client???
From: Perry The Cynic <perry @ sutr . cynic . org>

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