DCU Proxy server

• Squid internet cache (http/ftp/SSL) proxy.
  
  To configure your browser for proxy use:
  
  Mozilla Firefox
  Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> Network Settings,
  click the automatic proxy configuration box and fill the following URL into the configuration location box:
  
  http://proxy.dcu.ie/proxy.pac
  
  Internet Explorer:
  Tools -> Internet Options -> Connections
  click the "use automatic configuration script" and fill in the following URL:
  
  http://proxy.dcu.ie/proxy.pac
  
  
• FTP Proxy
  
  To use the DCU ftp proxy - ftp to proxy.dcu.ie.
  Log in as username@remote.ftp.server et voila....
  
  To FTP through a web browser
  Anonymous ftp
  e.g. ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/blast/db/
  This will work immediatley allowing you to download files/folders
  
  authenticated ftp
  Put username in url like this ...
  e.g. ftp://username@student.dcu.ie
  and provide password when prompted
  This works for ftp sites external to DCU also ...
  
  
• Telnet proxy.
  
  To use the DCU telnet proxy - telnet to proxy.dcu.ie. Type "connect remote.telnet.site" and voila...
  
• Socks 4 and 5 proxy (Dante)
  
  Port 1080 - standard SOCKS 4/5 proxy, under Windows you may need Sockscap (unsupported by CSD) - supports the following services:
  • SSH/SCP - use runsocks or the Dante socks client (config file here: /etc/socks.conf) on Linux or Sockscap on windows (OR use a client which supports SOCKS - SSH client - SCP client)
  • POP3
  • IMAP4
  • CVS - need runsocks
  • Bilestein/Crossfire (Chemistry database)
  • z39.50
  • MSN Messanger
  • AOL Instant Messanger
  • Jabber
  • IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
  • Telnet
  • Any other service that deserves campus wide access, make your case to sysops@dcu.ie with port numbers of course!
  
  
  
• RealAudio (PNA) proxy.
  
  Port 1090 - will be phased out in favour of an RTSP proxy when we get one!