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Re: [greenbaum@ti.com: cygwin setup and firewalls]
- To: rdparker at butlermfg dot com
- Subject: Re: [greenbaum@ti.com: cygwin setup and firewalls]
- From: DJ Delorie <dj at delorie dot com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 14:41:22 -0400
- CC: cygwin-developers at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <200004271650.MAA14136@delorie.com>
> Is there a specific firewall that we are having problems with?
I don't know. I don't think users are always smart enough to know
more than just "it's a firewall".
> I have only run setup.exe from behind a firewall that is why I coded it to
> use wininet. That way it would use the same mechanism IE does to go through
> the firewall. I did this for somewhat selfish reasons, our #(*&^ proxy at
> work ONLY works with IE and wininet compatible software.
What about Netscape users? Would they not configure wininet when they
configure their Netscape proxy settings? If that's a problem, we can
just tell people "hey, you've got to configure IE to work before setup
works."