RE: [squid-users] Transparent proxy

So I just need to configure my linux box as a router?
The problem with our network is that currently our windows users are using active directory for authentication.

Will it still be possible to make them pass through the linux box as a transparent proxy?

Fritz Mesedilla
Senior Technology Officer
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dodjie Nava [mailto:dpnava@mozcom.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 9:37 AM
> To: Fritz Mesedilla
> Cc: squid-users@squid-cache.org
> Subject: Re: [squid-users] Transparent proxy
> 
> 
> fritz,
> 
> i too am a newbie, so this is how i understand transparent 
> proxy. as stated by daniel kiracofe, you 
> use transparent proxy if you like all clients to use the 
> proxy without having to go to the trouble 
> of configuring each browser to point to the proxy, just like 
> what you did.  if you don't point a 
> client's browser to use the proxy, it would go direct & fetch 
> everything by itself from the origin 
> server.  why bother when you can cache some or all portions 
> of the request, esp. if it is often 
> requested?  imagine if you have 500 dial-up clients & 1000 
> workstations, would you rather tell each 
> one of them to configure their browser to point to your 
> proxy?  not a good idea coz you have a 
> far better alternative: a transparent proxy, which will 
> intercept the request (transparently, 
> which means the browser need not be configured to call the 
> proxy), fetch the request from the 
> origin server, cache it, & serve the request.  the next time 
> a client ask the same request, most 
> of the contents are already in the proxy, so you save time & 
> bandwidth.
> 
> using a combination of iptables, squid acls & proper routing, 
> your network will know which proxy to use.  
> for example, our router here is configured to pass all http 
> request to a predefined proxy, squid & iptables 
> does the rest.  if you don't use a router, linux can be used 
> as one, & a good combination of squid & 
> iptables will do the rest.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Dodjie Nava <dpnava@mozcom.com>
> Systems Engineer
> E-Net Corporation
> Binan, Laguna, Philippines
> (049) 511-6799 / (02) 699-2131
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