Hi, We currently go through a slow frame relay link to our headquarters for Internet access. We are getting a 1.1Mbit SDSL line installed within the next couple of weeks for Internet access. I was planning to use LEAF Bering to act as a firewall and proxy server for our new Internet access.
My question is: Should I use a squid package or a socks5 package with Bering? I would like to just configure the web browsers to use the LEAF Bering machine as a proxy to the Internet and leave everything else the same, e.g., I need to leave the default gateway on our machines to point to our frame relay router for intra-office communications. I need a pretty basic setup: block all incoming traffic to the LEAF box (using Shorwall, of course) and allow all outgoing traffic through it. I also don't need very fancy (if any) caching on the proxy - I just want the machine to pass through it to the Internet and using a proxy is the only way I could think since I can't change the default gateway to point to the LEAF box. The machine I was planning on using is a 800MHz Celeron with 128MB of memory. I have Bering configured to boot from the hard drive, so I have plenty of diskspace for caching, if that's what people recommend. Also, if I end up using Squid, should I disable Bering's dnscache since Squid also caches DNS lookups? Any tips, pointers or advice on this would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! -sr PS: Thanks to everyone who responded concerning my question about whether to use Linksys or Netgear NICs. I received very positive feedback on both and was able to get a couple of Linksys ver. 5.1 cards for $4.99 each after rebate. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Jabber - The world's fastest growing real-time communications platform! Don't just IM. Build it in! http://www.jabber.com/osdn/xim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
