Re: How do you set Linux up as a http/ftp proxy?

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From: Mark Forsyth
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 00:00

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Squid is the go. I use it here for precisely the same purposes and it 
works
like a beauty. Couple it with a caching only DNS and WWW browsing 
becomes a heap faster. Have a look at http://squid.nlanr.net/Squid/

Mark F...

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On 12/30/98, 9:31:04 PM, Phill Edwards <pedwards@mpx.com.au> wrote 
regarding How do you set Linux up as a http/ftp proxy?:


> I want to set up my Linux box so that I can gain http, ftp (and 
probably
> others) access through it from a Windows 95 machine. I'm thinking that
> I'll get a small hub and network the 2 machines together; the modem 
will
> be connected to the Linux box. So any web access from the Windows
> machine will be via the Linux machine.

> What I don't know is what I need to set up on the Linux box to make it
> act as a proxy in this way. Can someone please point me to some docco
> that explains how to go about this?
> Thanks,
> -- Phill --

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