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Re: Squid

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On 23.08.2011 06:06, woody wrote:
> Don't see a group related to squid, or windows XP,  I need to create a squid 
> setup under XP Pro.  Dual homed.

Squid works the same regardless of OS, so you might want to check out
the squid-related mailing lists:
http://www.squid-cache.org/Support/mailing-lists.html

Using an XP Pro computer as a proxy server is possible, but certainly
not a solution anyone would recommend. Having said that, these are the
issues you have to consider:

* You'll need to make sure that there's no way the clients can get
around the proxy by changing browser or OS settings. The wireless zone
must have no functioning Internet gateway.

* If you want to avoid the nightmare of having to configure workstations
manually (and believe me, you do), you'll need a DHCP server to serve
clients in the wireless zone. You can use tftpd: http://tftpd32.jounin.net/

* Another issue is the proxy settings on the clients. You may configure
this manually (and fix it every time a user messes with the settings),
or use a proxy.pac file served by a web server on the XP computer and
retrieved by clients by way of the WPAD protocol
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Proxy_Autodiscovery_Protocol ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_auto-config)

If you can get all this to work, you will be able to filter Internet
access with squid. Alternatively, get a cheap router with built-in
filtering capabilities.

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Squid "woody" <tossit1@Use-Author-Supplied-Address.invalid> - 2011-08-22 23:06 -0500
  Re: Squid Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> - 2011-08-23 04:24 +0000
  Re: Squid David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2011-08-23 08:45 +0200
  Re: Squid Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2011-08-23 10:00 +0100
    Re: Squid "woody" <tossit1@Use-Author-Supplied-Address.invalid> - 2011-08-23 11:06 -0500
      Re: Squid David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2011-08-23 21:19 +0200
        Re: Squid "woody" <tossit1@Use-Author-Supplied-Address.invalid> - 2011-08-24 00:07 -0500
          Re: Squid David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2011-08-24 12:50 +0200
  Re: Squid KR <kristian.rasmussen@broadpark.no.spam.com> - 2011-08-25 03:28 +0200
    Re: Squid David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2011-08-25 07:37 +0200

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