Henrik Nordstrom wrote: > On Mon, 17 Jan 2005, DurgaPrasad Adusumalli wrote:
>> I am using web proxy content filter (Dansguardian) to scan all >> outgoing traffic from my LAN. I am using transparent proxying with an >> iptable rule that forwards all outgoing traffic to web proxy. This >> setup works but all the browsing activity gets slowed down. When I >> configure my browser to use proxy Internet access gets faster. > iptables interception normally does not have any speed difference compared > to directly configuring the proxy settings. "Speed" in terms of bandwidth or latency? A site I worked at saw browsing latency drop significantly after switching away from transparent proxying. Of course, it could have been something else besides the iptables redirection - extra DNS lookups, perhaps? Adam
