Re: [squid-users] --Enable-Linux-Netfilter(problems and qestions)?

From: Arindam Haldar <arindam@dont-contact.us>
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 22:50:06 +0530

squid rpm provided with redhat linux are netfilter compliant !... ujust have
to use various ruleset according to ur need !...
if ur not able to use iptables maybe ipchains is on, which in 7.2 is also
installedby default ! u can uninstall ipchains if u want to ...
service ipchains stop
rpm -e lokkit
rpm -e ipchains
& then apply iptables ruleset !

On Friday 28 June 2002 10:23 pm, Henrik Nordström wrote:
> Morteza Kabiri wrote:
> > Hi, to all
> >
> > 1. How can I use "--enable-linux-netfilter" parameter for squid that
> > preinstall in linux redhat 7.2 as part of linux redhat
> > And how can I assure that my squid is compiled with this
> > parameterv"--enable-linux-netfilter"?
>
> To know you will need to look into the SPEC file of the corresponding
> RedHat source RPM package for Squid..
>
> > 2. I read in much documentation for transparency of squid, must redirect
> > all request on port 80 to port squid (3128 or 8080)
> > And must use this command: ipchains or iptables, what are the different
> > between these commands? Do you need use both or the both work same
> > together?
>
> ipchains is for Linux-2.2, iptables is for Linux-2.4. You are using
> Linux-2.4 and SHOULD use iptables.
>
> > 3. What is Netfilter and masquerade, I see them in many documentations,
> > how & where can I find Netfilter?
>
> netfilter is the low level hooks in the kernel allowing iptables to get
> access to the packets. netfilter also includes a kernel level framework for
> connection tracking and NAT.
>
> Masquerade is a variant of NAT where a private network masquerades as a
> single public IP address.
Received on Fri Jun 28 2002 - 11:16:22 MDT

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