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Proxy app?

Does anyone know of an app that allows your phone to become a web proxy?
Let me explain my situation... I work for a corporation that filters all their internet connections through a web proxy, which sucks cuz I can't visit any of the fun sites... one way around this I've found was to use ICS on my phone but that interferes with the default gateway on the current network.
All traffic on the network by default goes to an internal gateway on the local intranet and it really needs to stay this way because there are too many work ip's and ports to be able to statically route all of them through a specific destination and leave the default gateway as the ICS 192.168.1.1.
I have been able to create static routes to specific ip addresses (like my home computer) which override the default gateway and use ICS instead.. this is great but obviously not that great for web browsing and masking my use on the internet... what I would like to be able to do is set the HTTP proxy to my phone and have it handle all of the redirection... that would allow me to have a single route in the routing tables but span out to wherever I want on the web...
Oh, and yes, I have thought of just setting up a proxy on my home comp and routing through the phone -> home comp -> back through phone but that obviously limits me to the upstream bandwidth of my home network... which isn't TERRIBLE, and is feasible but obviously if I could eliminate the extra jump it would be much much better.
I can handle the routing tables np, they're easy to add from command-line.. problem is I need some kind of a proxy application on the phone that will handle all of the HTTP calls... anyone know of an application such as this?
Thanks

Hm can't say I know of an app that does this... it is planned for one of the upcoming releases of WMWifiRouter but that's still a while away and may give you the gateway issue again.

Chainfire said:
Hm can't say I know of an app that does this... it is planned for one of the upcoming releases of WMWifiRouter but that's still a while away and may give you the gateway issue again.
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Ya I did more googling and still can't find anything... I just setup dante server on my linux vm at home and got a good socks proxy going.. seems to be working very well.. my upstream on cable is 80k/sec so that's not too bad I guess.
I'll keep an eye on wmwifirouter release notes though thanks

Exchange / WinServer / DNS / Domains geeks here!!

Hi guys,
since my Hermes is gone, I couldn't but stay in touch with technology and so...in the meantime...I couldn't resist and I'm trying to set my Windows Server 2k8 domain with DNS, IIS7, Exchange etc, the latter is in trial right now, can you give a little advice to set everything up?
The actual problem is I don't think I understood how to set DNS properly.
I mean, I saw some of you offer Exchange services using DDNS (mine is @ath.cx), so I guess you have a dynamic ip and if I'm not wrong, you don't have problems sending email to gmail, as I was having instead.
How have you solved this?
I found some pages saying I have to set the TXT spf field in DNS and to set a Reverse DNS zone and I've done the first with Microsoft site builder(don't know if in the right manner) but I can't do the latter...some sites say only my ISP can do it...but have to say I'm quite confused AT ALL...
how have you done?advices of any kind (noob simple guides instead of my entire book with 430+)?
Currently, I did -again- a good format and installed Win Server 2k8 std with only DNS Server Role, IIS7 and Exchange prerequisites (found on MS WebSite).
Let's see if there's something wrong in my conf, before going to Exchange again and find it not working:
Code:
*let's call my pc first name "pc"
*dyndns to my IP (under a NAT, router, then a bridge-switch, with DMZ on and working) @ mydns.ath.cx, switched on wildcards for *.mydns.ath.cx;
*domain mydomain.co.cc with a nameserver pc.mydns.ath.cx;
*dns for primary zone mydomain.co.cc with:
MX mail.mydomain.co.cc. ;
NS pc.mydns.ath.cx. ;
TXT (v=spf1 mx ptr ptr:vser.ilmeglio.co.cc mx:mail.ilmeglio.co.cc a:vser.ilmeglio.co.cc include:vser.ilmeglio.co.cc mx:vser.ilmeglio.co.cc -all) [Microsoft did this, I'm quite unsure of what I inserted there though] ;
mail CNAME pc.mydns.ath.cx. ;
www CNAME pc.mydns.ath.cx. ;
[just added] pc PTR pc.mydns.ath.cx. .
Is all this allright?
[more questions coming...]
When I install AD (dcpromo), do I have to use my mydomain.co.cc OR can I use AD only in my home network (let's say myname.mylocalnetwork) and so separate the two things: Exchange & AD?
If I can, are there -hard- additional modifications to make Exchange accept mails from my real web domain and not my local one?
And what about the "pc" name, does it need the network domain or can I leave it the local one? Will Exchange need changes for this too?
P.S. I'm messing with windows server, domains, dns, dcpromo, AD, exchange, ALL this stuff, from 3 days on only, I've learned just a miiinimal part of it all I think, so treat me as a noob
Infinite thanks.

Way off topic to be sure, but DNS is a confusing beast to set up at times.
Check this page out:
http://rscott.org/dns/
You can set up a rdns table yourself, but unless the lookups are set to go your DNS machines, it won't do any good.
Reverse lookups are usually delegated to whoever the IP is assigned to, normally your ISP. Some ISP's will forward the reverse lookups to your name server of choice, some will change their records to what you request, and others will either give you a blank look or refuse to do anything.
Also keep in mind that any kind of server is against the acceptable use policy of many ISP's, check with yours before opening anything up to the world.
As for the records you listed, I don't know how microsoft does theirs (I run bind on UNIX machines and always found the microsoft way of dealing with domains and 'NT domains' to be severely fscked up and confusing), but the basics are the same, and I already see some problems:
You only have a single NS
Your MX points to a CNAME, not an A
PTR records are used only for reverse lookup tables, not forward tables
(Mods, I would imagine that this should go in the general -> Off-Topic forum)

jdc said:
[...] but the basics are the same, and I already see some problems:
You only have a single NS
Your MX points to a CNAME, not an A
PTR records are used only for reverse lookup tables, not forward tables
(Mods, I would imagine that this should go in the general -> Off-Topic forum)
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Thanks for your answer!
Actually I'm again starting from 0 after having understood it's better to maintain my home domain off the internet
Don't think my ISP policy is good for me, but perhaps I can obtain something about rDNS...not sure though
About NS, how can I have two if this is the unique pc doing the dns server?Is this a problem of RFC rules?
If I set both mydns.ath.cx and pc.mydns.ath.cx (which both point here) at the registrar would it do the trick?
About MX, mmh how can it point to an A if I have a dynamic IP? I mean ok, when it's all working perhaps my ip will stay one, but what if my router disconnects, or simply power goes down...my ip would change and I can't change it manually everytime, that's because I was pointing to an address hopped again from the other CNAME to my DDNS servers...is this, again, a problem of RFC roules or is simply wrong?Don't know how to solve though
Still have to learn much about forwarding, do you mean I should add it into a primary reverse zone?
Thanks again,
sorry, that's OT of course

ATT rolling my IP address every few seconds on wap.cingular

Hello,
If I connect via wap.cingular (my account cannot connect on isp.cingular) I am having major issues using outlook web access, rapidshare, and a few other web apps. this is apparently due to ATT rolling my IP address every few seconds.
If I go on my phone (HTC FUZE/RAPHAEL) to http://whatismyip.com/ and refresh the page a few times, I get a different IP almost every time. it is always in the same subnet, so far (only the last numbers change ie, aaa.bbb.ccc.xxx, where xxx changes all the time, and a, b, and c, don't).
I use a huge load of data. Have they put me on some blacklist because I stream media all the time? This actually doesn't affect streaming media, but it screws up legitimate work usage.
Is there some keepalive utility I could use that would fix this as a countermeasure? Is anyone else running into this, or am I just special?
Thanks in advance for your help

wwwes said:
Hello,
If I connect via wap.cingular (my account cannot connect on isp.cingular) I am having major issues using outlook web access, rapidshare, and a few other web apps. this is apparently due to ATT rolling my IP address every few seconds.
If I go on my phone (HTC FUZE/RAPHAEL) to http://whatismyip.com/ and refresh the page a few times, I get a different IP almost every time. it is always in the same subnet, so far (only the last numbers change ie, aaa.bbb.ccc.xxx, where xxx changes all the time, and a, b, and c, don't).
I use a huge load of data. Have they put me on some blacklist because I stream media all the time? This actually doesn't affect streaming media, but it screws up legitimate work usage.
Is there some keepalive utility I could use that would fix this as a countermeasure? Is anyone else running into this, or am I just special?
Thanks in advance for your help
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I'll plead ignorance on this, but I always switch off the proxy for the media net and get great usage for doing that. I don't know if you have tried it yet, but here is what I do.
Start/settings/connections/connections
Once it brings up the page, click advanced on the bottom.
Select networks
I use media net for both drop down. Click on edit. Select Proxy Settings on the bottom. Uncheck this network uses a proxy server to connect to the internet.
If you cannot get to the edit because it is not available, all you need to do is install the HTC Connection Setup and run it. Soft reset and the settings are available. It just rewrites the information but undoes what AT&T did to the phone.
Hope this helps.

Thanks for the reply.
I also use media net without the proxy. I only have issues with timeouts on my outlook web access server, and sites like rapidshare that make you wait 30 seconds to download a file and then complain of session timeouts.
With the proxy I get an IP address range in the 162.xxx.xxx.xxx family, which interestingly enough whois reports to be a verizon dsl modem address.
Without the proxy I get an IP address range in the 32.xxx.xxx.xxx family, which is ATT.
Either way, the address rolls every few seconds.
one workaround I have found is that Opera mini apparently uses an opera-run proxy server to access the internet, and opera mini does not have this logout issue on my outlook web access server even when the IP address rolls, since the proxy is not changing.
I believe the ISP.cingular APN would also fix this issue, but I have yet to find anyone at ATT willing to add it to my account so I can try it out, since they sell it with a tethering plan as an extra feature. I would have to convince my employer to add this to my plan, which is not likely.

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How could I get the IP address to my G1? thats the Ip my phone uses for internet not the ip when its connect via wifi

You have a couple options. Using Terminal Emulator you can use the netstat command or you can use the easy way and go to www.ip-address.com. What do you need your uip address for anyway? You can't remote in through edge or 3g like you can wifi though telnetd.

thanks...................

aad4321 said:
now i dont know the name of the app which was released last week in the market, but it uses dynamic dns and updates your G1's IP address automaticly to a domain name.
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You're referring to DynDNS and you can also find it in some routers. Unfortunatly, I believe there is a service charge for it. I use no-ip instead because it works just as well. But as far as I know DynDNS is the only app that offers this. But again... why do you need it??? I noticed that when I go to whatismyipaddress.com and when I do Netstat in Terminal Emulator I get two different ip addresses. I don't know what's up with that but I'm thinking that the netstat is the ACTUAL ip address and the ip address shown on the web site is a proxy. I would imagine that T-Mobile would not be stupid enough to leave their subscribers phones open to everyone else. It's very simple to get someone elses ip address if you're a host of a web server since all ip addresses are logged and without security (such as a proxy) it could leave all users vunerable. So my conclusion... if you had your real ip address... what do you plan on doing with it? You can only access your G1 through WiFi as far as I know. But correct me if I'm wrong.

EVO won't communicate with my exchange mail server

I have tried the built in app and touchdown, but both can't resolve our company exchange mail server. I even tried browsing to mail.mycompany.com and it gives me a 404 error...where as any other device pull it up just fine.
Thoughts?

did you try owa.mycompany.com?

Jye75 said:
did you try owa.mycompany.com?
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My company doesn't use that DNS name...only mail.mycompany.com Which my iPhone pulls up fine in a web browser..and syncs up to in the mail settings.
it seems the EVO doesn't have a DNS resoloution for the address..

Okay this is funny.
Can anyone tell me if in your web browser you can get to www.continental.com or coair.com?

Yes to the first no to the second.

Same as ^.

Yes to the one you mentioned in PM. With /OWA and /Exchweb trailing the OWA web address.
This was tested on the EVO 4G phone.
I am able to get it resolved through the Mail app as well. Of course I can't get in

I can get in and I'm reading your email right now.
Is there anything you need to know in particular? Your 4:30 appointment has been canceled.
kidding of course

Soupskin said:
I can get in and I'm reading your email right now.
Is there anything you need to know in particular? Your 4:30 appointment has been canceled.
kidding of course
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Lmao, if I have an appointment at 4:30 I'll cancel it myself!
Seems to be an issue with my location...if I move far enough to change towers it all works...if I move back to my office...the entire internet, except anything from my company works.

I canceled the appointment for you at 4:30pm! haha.
Update your Profile and your PRL again. It helped me with some things such as web pages not completing initially when I first picked up the phone.
I have done the OTA update as well and Revoked Root.
Hope that helps. That's really strange the towers would effect DNS resolution or IP blocks
Did you download too much "pron" from that tower and it blacklisted you?

mrmomoman said:
Did you download too much "pron" from that tower and it blacklisted you?
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hey man...it's a big screen..

Grims said:
Lmao, if I have an appointment at 4:30 I'll cancel it myself!
Seems to be an issue with my location...if I move far enough to change towers it all works...if I move back to my office...the entire internet, except anything from my company works.
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Question , are you trying to access it from within your company wireless network , as in , is your WiFi on the phone turned on and connected to your works network , in many cases you cant access that kind of stuff from within the network.
just a thought.

n8dcj said:
Question , are you trying to access it from within your company wireless network , as in , is your WiFi on the phone turned on and connected to your works network , in many cases you cant access that kind of stuff from within the network.
just a thought.
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No, wish I could though...they have our wireless network setup with AD authetication. Either way, it wouldn't explain why www.continental.com wouldn't come up.

Grims said:
hey man...it's a big screen..
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I work with Dual 30" screens Double action!!!

Are you sure you have all the proper settings for Exchange on the EVO? I do not recommend accepting the 'automatic detect' settings for Exchange synchronization - on the initial screen, select manual setup and make sure you get everything right.
You will need your username/pw of course, but also the OWA site address and domain name. You might want to double-check with your IT department for the right settings.
Finally, if certain websites aren't popping up, I would update your PRL - this should clear up any data service issues.

All that had been done. Was not a settings issue.
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I've not had any luck getting the mail client to get pushed email from OWA on my EVO either. I had this setup on my Blackberry before, but it isn't working out for me with the default mail client. I am using the following settings for Exchange Active/sync. If anything stands out to any of you, please feel free to let me know, this is my first droid device.
Exchange ActiveSync
Email address: (my email address for work)
Server address: (owa.company name.com/owa) since our company upgraded to Exchange 2007, we have had to put the "/owa" at the end of the URL to authenticate.
Domain: Active Directory domain for work
Username: GUID used to authenticate within active directory
Password: password used to authenticate within active directory
I have tried with SSL and without, to make sure that wasn't the culprit, but no change in results.
Not trying to hijack, just didn't want to start another thread for the same issue. If I'm out of my lane with this post please let me know.

GrayTshirt said:
I've not had any luck getting the mail client to get pushed email from OWA on my EVO either...
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Sorry all, but I kept poking around with it and after submitting this response I was able to get it to work. The only change I made was as follows:
Exchange ActiveSync
Email address: (my email address for work)
Server address: (owa.company name.com) Even though authenticating via web browser requires "/owa" at the end of the URL, i removed it and got the results I was looking for.
Domain: left this field blank
Username: Domain/GUID (used to authenticate within active directory)
Password: password (used to authenticate within active directory)
Enabled SSL
Not sure if this will assist anyone, but thought I'd post the results that worked for me.

GrayTshirt said:
I've not had any luck getting the mail client to get pushed email from OWA on my EVO either. I had this setup on my Blackberry before, but it isn't working out for me with the default mail client. I am using the following settings for Exchange Active/sync. If anything stands out to any of you, please feel free to let me know, this is my first droid device.
Exchange ActiveSync
Email address: (my email address for work)
Server address: (owa.company name.com/owa) since our company upgraded to Exchange 2007, we have had to put the "/owa" at the end of the URL to authenticate.
Domain: Active Directory domain for work
Username: GUID used to authenticate within active directory
Password: password used to authenticate within active directory
I have tried with SSL and without, to make sure that wasn't the culprit, but no change in results.
Not trying to hijack, just didn't want to start another thread for the same issue. If I'm out of my lane with this post please let me know.
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My issue was not at all related to mail...it was a DNS issue with Sprint. It seems they have resolved the issue on their end.
EDIT: grats on getting it working

Simple resolution then:
1. Double-check all your Exchange settings, including SSL (which is a requirement, unless your IT department is a bunch of idiots).
2. If you can't browse to some websites, then you have an issue with your Sprint service, such as DNS as the OP has posted.