my $compression = "compression=gzip";
$dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:Proxy:$proxy;$compression;dsn=$dsn","","")
            or die"\n\n" . DBI->errstr() . "\n\n";

##</code><code>##

DBI->connect(hostname=192.245.224.9;port=3333;compression=gzip;dsn=DBI:ODBC:Help
Desk) failed: 
Cannot log in to DBI::ProxyServer: Unexpected EOF from server at 
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/RPC/PlClient.pm line 83.
 at odbc.p line 11

Cannot log in to DBI::ProxyServer: Unexpected EOF from server at 
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/RPC/PlClient.pm line 83.