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Part 2
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Proxy Clients

Now that our proxy server is running, we look at configuring the client software. In my case, these programs all run under Windows. The configuration of each is a little different but I will walk you through setting up ICQ.

Setting up ICQ

  1. Start up ICQ
  2. Click the ICQ button and to the preferences
    Screenshot #1
  3. Go to the Connection tab, select I am behind a firewall or proxy then click on the Firewall Settings button
    Screenshot #2
  4. Select I am using a SOCKS5 proxy server, and make sure to check the Firewall sessions timeout... option. If you recall from the previous page, our SOCKS5 proxy timesout after 5 mins, but ICQ likes to always revert back to around 30 seconds, at least on my system. Oh well, click Next
    Screenshot #3
  5. Enter in your server hostname and the port (by default it is 1080, unless you told your socks5 daemon to listen on another port), click on Next
    Screenshot #4
  6. Here's the final step, just click on Check My FIREWALL / Proxy Setting to find out if it works. If it does, the status will read SUCCESS, click Done and that's it.
    Screenshot #5

What Now

Everything is set up! ICQ works! What more can you ask for :) The next step is to do some reading on what you've just set up. Here are some other resources:

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