Re: MS Small Business Server and parent proxy

On Sat, Sep 19, 1998 at 10:15:53AM +0930, Chris Foote wrote:
> > Has anyone managed to configure an MS small-business server running on NT
> > behind a dialup connection to connect via a parent proxy only (Squid)?
> >
> > I've been trying to find the option for the parent proxy (customer at
> > the keyboard, I at the phone), but it does not seem to be possible at all.
>
> MS proxy 1 doesn't support this option! MS proxy 2 does, but it isn't
> included with the small business server, and you have to pay reasonably
> big buck to upgrade it separately.

I'm currently pulling dns tricks to do something similar for client
systems. If you point your msproxy towards a squid cache acting as a
virtual accelerator upstream from you, the mscache should query it whether
it likes it or not :)
 
> > Which is hard to believe (or is it?).
>
> I think it's just about the only proxy server made that won't
> forward requests to a parent. Mickeysoft strikes again :-)

Well, its not supposed to work or anything is it? It's only the first
version!

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