Hi,
I m sure lot of you guys must have encountered the
problem that I m facing. Can I get some solution
please.
Thanx
Vaseem
--- Vaseem Ansari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 00:37:19 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Vaseem Ansari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Fwd: Re: Linux Proxy--Help
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> 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
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >
> >
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> > That's a city in Bosnia. Right?
> > (Discussion in comp.os.linux.misc on the
> > intuitiveness of commands.)
> >
> >
>
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