Master

Overview

Master.pl is one of the programs used by localProxy when a new user clicks the 'AutoConfigure' button. The second one (activated by the -p option below) used at that time is statProxy to test proxies found from the environment, the registry, the user's hints and the user's configuration file. This document concentrates on master.
Master analyzes the firewall rules in place on the firewall which blocks your access to the Internet. It does this by actually attempting connections out through the firewall, to known active services.

Options

Usage: master [-options]
    -t              List of ports to test (comma separated)
    -v              Show program version
    -h              Print this message
    -x <level>      Debug level
    -w              On completion, wait for a GUI user to close
                    the window (default no wait)
    -g              Called from a GUI
    -p              A hint at where the proxies are (comma separated
                    fqdn:port or IP:port)

Mostly self-explanatory; made clearer by the following example:

perl master.pl -t 80, 8080 -p proxy1.emirates.net.ae:8080 -x 3
will first test ports 80 and 8080 for firewall blocking, then run a statProxy test on the proxies (usually about 16) specified. All debug level 3 messages will be output.