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Date:      Thu, 10 Aug 2000 11:52:18 -0400
From:      Nathan Vidican <webmaster@wmptl.com>
To:        Rick Hamell <hamellr@aracnet.com>
Cc:        John Turner <john@drexeltech.com>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: MS Proxy
Message-ID:  <3992CFB2.F0E5AB0E@wmptl.com>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.21.0008100748540.19635-100000@shell1.aracnet.com>

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Rick Hamell wrote:
> 
> > MS Proxy server (or any proxy server) doesn't care what sort of client is
> > sending it TCP packets.  Just configure the FreeBSD box to use the proxy's
> > internal address as the default gateway and you should be good to go.
> 
>         It use to matter... did this recently (finally?) get changed?
> 
>                                                 Rick
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Depends on the proxy service, I may be wrong here, but MS Proxy not just
an http/ftp proxy server? You seem to be eluding that MS Proxy service
wiill act as a TCP/IP gateway... as in NATD. It doesn't last I checked,
MS Proxy would be more comperable to SQUID no?
	In which case the setup would be browser side. You could however setup
a local firewall on the FreeBSD box to hijack all it's outgoing http/ftp
ports and send their request to the proxy. I still tend to agree with
those of you who said to use the FreeBSD box as a gateway.
	Point being, there is a BIG difference between a gateway and a proxy
service. Gateway is tcp/ip, and is not neccessarily cached whereas most
proxy services also run some sort of cache.

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Nathan Vidican
webmaster@wmptl.com
Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd.
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