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

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From: Shane Bearham
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 00:00

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Phill Edwards wrote:

> 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 --

IMHO...hmmm

Well Squid would have to be the way to go
Since you want to use it to manage you connection then a 486 is out
So minimum,a Pentium/586 120Mhz....32 Megs Ram or you may
have random dropouts under load ( experience prevails here)

Squid NOVM 1.1.20 is nice and stable details are at http://squid.nlanr.net/

also configure the machine as a caching only DNS server at
http://www.tdl.com/~netex/html/DNS-HOWTO.html
Diald 0.16.5 with maintain the connection at
http://www.loonie.net/~eschenk/diald.html

and consider firewalling

that should get you started for now....

Shane ()


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