SunderMud 1 ----------- Tue Sep 9 Lotherius : elfren@aros.net ---------------- SimpleProxy is included as a service to the users of SunderMUD 1. It is not supported in any way by me, read the README included below to find out where to send bug reports. It should be readily apparent what this program is for, but to explain: Many users post on the mud groups asking about a way to get telnets to one site sent to another. This is the answer. Simpleproxy, simply, automatically redirects telnets to one host, to another. Which means, in effect, that if you have dynamic IP, you can run your mud, and then run simpleproxy on another host (such as your ISP's shell) and have your mud available on a permanent IP with no webpages, or finger .plan, or whatever. Example: My ISP is aros.net... depending on which line I get when I log on, my dynamic IP looks something like: dm1-27.slc.aros.net. But I also have a shell on aros.net. If I run simpleproxy on my shell account as follows: /mnt/e/elfren> simpleproxy -L 5000 -H dm1-27.slc.aros.net -R 5000 a telnet to: aros.net 5000 will be automatically redirected to: dm1-27.slc.aros.net 5000 without the user ever knowing! Neet huh? Thought so :) Whenever I logon to a new ip, i just need to run the simpleproxy program on my ISP, and I'm all set with my permanent address! ---------------- <original README to accompany the SimpleProxy program> Simpleproxy v1.01a Vadim Zaliva <lord@crocodile.org> Vladimir Karpinsky <vlad@crocodile.org> Simpleproxy program acts as simple tcp proxy. It listens for local socket, and any connection to this port will be forwarded to another socket at remote host. Tested on Linux, SunOS, Solaris. To install edit Makefile and uncomment section for you platform. Then, do 'make install'. Can be used, for example, to run local irc client through proxy started at ISP shell account, if some IRC serverc does not allow you to connect directly.