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IMPORTANT
UPDATE ** 7/03/02
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IF
YOU ARE RUNNING TCP2HTTP OR KSCPROXY YOU
NEED TO RESTRICT ACCESS FROM THE OUTSIDE
WORLD BY FOLLOWING THE INFO BELOW:
You can restrict the connections made to TCP2HTTP by using the "Local
IP"
Field on the Config DialogBox. If it's blank (the Default) then anyone
may
connect to TCP2HTTP including connections from the Internet if you
don't
have a Firewall. But, if you put the IP Address of the NIC connected
to
your Local Network (like 192.168.0.1 or what ever you use), then only
PCs
that can "see" that IP Address can connect to TCP2HTTP. In other words,
no
Connections from the Internet (not a Firewall but maybe we'll keep a
few
"strangers" out). If you set "Local IP" to 127.0.0.1 then only
Programs
running on the same PC can connect. Be careful if you use one copy
of
TCP2HTTP on the Starbanded "Server" and want all of the Internal PCs to
be
able to share that one copy. You'll have to set "Local IP" to
the
192.168.0.1 IP Address or the IP Address of the NIC used for the
Local
Network. You then cannot connect to TCP2HTTP by using 127.0.0.1. So
for
the Application running on the same PC as TCP2HTTP, you'll have to
change
them from 127.0.0.1 to 192.168.0.1.
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IMPORTANT
UPDATE
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This applies to the 360 Network only:
Starband has blocked tcp2http from
routing data through their HTTP Proxy servers. Actually something to understand
here is that not only does this affect tcp2http, but any program that tries to
route non-cern based http commands through the router, these programs include
Socks2http and any program that has the option to connect through an HTTP server
such as ICQ.
The work around for this in tcp2http is to go into
the config screen and place a checkmark in the "Bypass proxy server" option.
This will only work if the tcp2http copy you are using is located on the 360
connected computer.
Starband is stating that the HPA servers were not
meant to handle anything other than HTTP traffic, thus the additional load that
tcp2http is putting on these servers is having a negative impact on those who
are merely trying to browse the Internet. Most of this additional load appears
to be from those who are downloading large binaries from the
newsgroups.
Starband has already implemented these changes, so this is a done deal.
Remember you will still be able to use tcp2http by checking the "Bypass Proxy"
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StarbandUsers.com is pleased to announce
that, by Special Arrangement with Kovacs Software Corporation,
a new Utility Program is now available to all Starband Users.
This Utility Program, TCP2HTTP, originally
written by Kenneth F. Kovacs for his own use (the same Kenneth who is
a frequent poster at both the www.StarbandUsers.com Forums and
Knowledge Base as well as the starband.general Newsgroup), allows TCP
Connections from Programs like E-Mail and News Clients to be routed
thru the Starband Web Proxy Server (IPA/AS_Agent).
Normally these Clients cannot use a Web Proxy
Server because they don't have the logic necessary to "talk"
to the Web Proxy Server. But, the TCP2HTTP Program converts
these connections from normal TCP Connections into HTTP that is then
used to connect to the Web proxy Server.
The net result is that the Connections open
faster and there is less network overhead (fewer packets sent across
the Satellite). Also, as the DNS lookup is done from the
Starband Web Proxy Server and not from your PC, the TCP2HTTP Program
will allow E-Mail and News Server access whenever the Starband DNS
Servers are "acting up" or otherwise not available.
Additionally the TCP2HTTP Program has an option
to "bypass" the Web Proxy Server and connect directly to
the requested Server. This allows instant reconfiguration to
either use the Web Proxy Server or not. So if the Web Proxy
Server is not available (IPA is down), just set this Bypass Option
and everything runs as before without reconfiguring each Client Application.
And, as the TCP2HTTP Program is itself somewhat
like a Local Proxy Server, you can use it from several client PCs
from within your LAN. These client PCs then connect out from
the "gateway" PC. This can be used to solve several
situations where the client PCs (because of Firewall software) cannot
get to anything except the Web via AS_Agent.
The bulk of the download is the install /
uninstall portion of the program, the actual program size is less
than 70K.
Click here
to download it.
NOTE: This utility is being made available to
all Starband users. |
