[Bioperl-l] Firewall and Proxy

[Peter Kos]

Hi All,

(it may be Perl problem rather than Bioperl, I don't know.
There were already some questions regarding this issue recently, but 
I am not aware of satisfactory solution.)

We have a quite nasty and strict proxy/firewall. Only port 80 is 
open, so I know that I will never be able to use ftp through this 
damn thing (unless I use some magic). However, HTTP should work, as 
Netscape functions all right.
But it does not seem to be transparent for the Bioperl moduls 
according the corresponding tests.
Until then I of course can not use *::Remote*, Bio::Biblio* and such.
Please help me finding the solution. What should I read or set or 
alter or check?
Any kind of help at any level would really be highly appreciated.
Specs: SUN Solaris8 with the bundled Perl.

Regards
Peter



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Peter B. Kos, Ph.D.
Molecular Microbiology and Genetics Lab.
Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE)
9-2 Kizugawadai, Kizu-cho, Soraku-gun,
Kyoto 619-0292 JAPAN
Phone: +81-774-75-2308
Fax: +81-774-75-2321
E-mail: kos@rite.or.jp