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Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 14:08:26 -0500
From: Jason Tishler <jason AT tishler DOT net>
To: Andrew Markebo <flognat AT flognat DOT myip DOT org>
Cc: Niklas Morberg <niklas DOT morberg AT axis DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: How do I use a socks server with cygwin?
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Andy,

On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 04:25:18PM +0100, Andrew Markebo wrote:
> Meanwhile, using a socks server, well basically it should be up to the
> application, not cygwin to handle this, so if you find a cvs
> supporting socks off you go.. :-)

Sorry, I disagree.  Why modify every application (of interest) when one
can use a "shim" like Hummingbird under Windows, tsocks under Linux, etc.?
The duplicated effort doesn't seem to make sense.

Jason

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