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Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 21:41:15 +1000 (EST)
From: Matt Carter
To: Aussie-Isp@Aussie.Net
Message-Id: <Pine.SGI.3.95.970510214024.28900m-100000@terminator>
In-Reply-To: <199705101020.UAA04876@aussie.net>
Subject: Re: [Oz-ISP] A proxy question ??
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On Sat, 10 May 1997, System Admin - Cairns Network Services wrote:

> From: System Admin - Cairns Network Services <a d m i n @ c a i r n s . n e t . a u
> To: "a u s s i e - i s p @ a u s s i e . n e t <a u s s i e - i s p @ a u s s i e . n e t
> Date: Sat, 10 May 97 20:19:40 +1000
> Subject: Re: [Oz-ISP] A proxy question ??
> Reply-To: a u s s i e - i s p @ a u s s i e . n e t
> Message-ID: <1 9 9 7 0 5 1 0 1 0 2 0 . U A A 0 4 8 7 6 @ a u s s i e . n e t
>
> On Sat, 10 May 1997 17:22:37 +1000, Andrew Pollock wrote:
>
> >----------
> >> From: System Admin - Cairns Network Services <a d m i n @ c a i r n s . n e t . a u
> >> To: a u s s i e - i s p @ a u s s i e . n e t
> >> Subject: [Oz-ISP] A proxy question ??
> >> Date: Saturday, 10 May 1997 2:32 PM
> >>
> >> Maybe one of you can come up with a solution...
> >>
> >> I use a filter to block particular address ranges for particular
> >> protocols & ports.
> >>
> >> This is to force proxy use...
> >
> >Try using transparent proxying, this way you don't need to have your users
> >set their proxies in their client software. All port 80 stuff is redirected
> >to port 8080. You very effectively (and without a zillion support calls)
> >have forced all your users to use the proxy, even when they think they're
> >not.
> >
> >Andrew
>
> Not quite what I'm thinking,
>
> Firstly the only thing around here running unix of any sort is the
> proxy.

if your using a cisco router you can tell it to forward the packets back
to your unix box running (squid?) and it'll do it comfortable.

>
> Its basically boils down (I think) to suitable software for the M$
> windoze users.

if it's transparent to the user, so long as they are using HTTP/1.1 - they
won't even notice the difference, regardless of the browser.


Matt Carter

Systems & Network Administrator.

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