Re: [gentoo-user] Find IP of proxy

[Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>]

On 06/04/06, Mike Owen <kyphros@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm curious as to why you need the proxy info in the first place. It
> sounds like you can connect out just fine, so why bother with
> configuring a proxy?

No I can't connect to the Internet.  Also I believe that icmp traffic
is blocked.  No pings are returned.

>
> If you are allowed to send icmp and udp traffic out of the network, a
> traceroute should show you what hops are on your network. If routing
> forces all traffic through this proxy, it'll probably be one of these
> hops.
>
> Or, they could be doing policy routing where only tcp port 80/443
> traffic goes through the proxy, and all other traffic goes out some
> other route. In that case, you'll need to use a tcp traceroute program
> configured to probe on port 80, so it is forced through the proxy.

How do I do that?

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Regards,
Mick

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