Configuring tsocks for TU Chello

Why you might want to use tsocks is described on the pages

How to proceed:

  1. Install tsocks. E.g., under Debian Sarge the command

    apt-get install tsocks

    does the trick.

  2. Edit the file /etc/tsocks.conf. For me the following configuration works:

    # No socksing for private networks, Chello and ACOnet
## Private networks: RFC1918, RFC2563, ...
local = 192.168.0.0/255.255.0.0
local = 10.0.0.0/255.0.0.0
local = 172.16.0.0/255.224.0.0
local = 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0
local = 169.254.0.0/255.255.0.0
## Chello
local = 195.34.133.0/255.255.255.0
local = 213.46.0.0/255.254.0.0
## ACOnet
### TU Wien
local = 128.130.0.0/255.255.0.0
local = 192.35.240.0/255.255.252.0
local = 192.35.244.0/255.255.255.0
### Uni Wien
local = 131.130.0.0/255.255.0.0
### Med Uni Wien
local = 149.148.0.0/255.255.0.0
### BOKU Wien
local = 141.144.0.0/255.255.0.0
### OeFAI
local = 193.171.142.128/255.255.255.128
### Mag Wien
local = 141.203.0.0/255.255.0.0
### bm:bwk
local = 144.65.0.0/255.255.0.0
### Add further ACOnet IP ranges here, see www.aconet.at/tn.html
#
# Use socks.tuwien.ac.at for all other destinations
server = 192.35.241.134
server_type = 5
server_port = 1080

    You can download the file here.

  3. The man pages of tsocks describe how to use it. E.g., for updating your Debian distribution via the SOCKS server, use the command 

    tsocks dselect
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