Thanx Philip,
But I have another problem. I have earlier stated that
we have 100+ users on our LAN (Switch based) and when
I introduced Linux Proxy in the Network, users are
very happy about the performance because of CACHING of
Squid. If I go by your suggestion (ipchains,
probably), then I feel there will be no caching & it
will be simply IP forwarding. Which means that every
browsing request will be served from the Net in
absence of any HTTP Proxy. And we have 100+ users
!!!. I am in a fix now. I have already demonstrated
the power of Linux in the existing environment with
the existing resources. Now if every packet travels
to/fro the Net, then it is going to be as slow as the
earlier Windows based Proxy.
What do I do now?
rgds
Vaseem
--- Philip S Tellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 19:25:51 +0530 (IST)
> From: Philip S Tellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Vaseem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Linux Proxy
>
> } To bring about the awareness of Linux in my
> Organisation, I have managed
> } to introduce Linux in the form of a proxy server.
> We are having an NT
> } domain with about 100 odd desktops running Win
> 95/98/NT Workstations. I
> } m using RH 6.1 & Squid as Proxy on that. Users are
> damn happy about the
> } performance ever since I introduced Linux. BUT, I
> have a problem. Some
> } users are having POP accounts e.g; my own account
> is a yahoo pop
> } account. The mail client is not able to send/recv
> mails using my same
> } Internet link which is via Linux Proxy. What do I
> do now? Please help.
>
>
> Okay, basically your machine is only acting as a
> proxy server. If you
> want all IP packets to go through, then you should
> set your system up as a
> packet forwarding router. You can read through the
> firewall-HOWTO to see
> how to set this up.
>
> Another alternative, would be to get an email proxy.
>
> I have written one such proxy in Java. It is
> available at
> http://members.xoom.com/philip3/downloads/
>
> I would still reccommend using the IP forwarding
> solution as this will
> also work if users want to use stuff like usenet,
> IRC, yahoo messenger,
> ICQ, MSN messenger etc.
>
> If you do set up IP forwarding, then you can remove
> all proxy settings
> from your clients and set them to use your linux pc
> as a gateway. That's
> it.
>
>
> Philip
>
> PS: It would be better to post these questions on
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