Re: [Was: [squid-users] Original IP Client]

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Mr. Nordstrom,

> Only if the network can be set up in such manner that all return traffic
> from the Internet passes via the proxy server host. This is most easily
> done in setups where Squid is running on the router, but it's theory
> possible to do in other setups as well.
>
> It is not possible to run Squid as a standard proxy on a separate server
> in the local network while masquerading as the original client IP
> without very close cooperation with the Internet router. This because
> the proxy needs to masquerade as being the client IP, and if the
> Internet return traffic isn't routed via the proxy host then this
> masquerading as the original client IP won't work out very well (not at
> all in fact..).

Thank you very much for this explanation.

regards,
Kenneth
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Received on Wed Oct 11 2006 - 20:51:20 MDT