From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 3 10:53:15 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pokey.local.net (tcs3-33.arl.netwalk.net [216.69.200.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4908C15077 for ; Sat, 3 Jul 1999 10:52:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmutter@netwalk.com) Received: from insomnia.local.net (insomnia.local.net [192.168.2.3]) by pokey.local.net (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id NAA47883 for ; Sat, 3 Jul 1999 13:52:45 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jmutter@insomnia.local.net) Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 13:57:25 -0400 (EDT) From: "James A. Mutter" Reply-To: jmutter@netwalk.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD as a proxy server Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Howdy all, I'm going to be building a proxy server for work in the next few weeks. I've got a couple of questions. 1. Is Squid my only alternative? I've used it before and don't mind doing it again, but if there are alternatives I'd like to know about them. Payware and Freeware are both acceptable. 2. What type of hardware am I looking at? I was considering an AMD K6/2 300/350/400 + 128M + 4.5 Wide SCSI. It will only serve between 30 and 50 users and internet activity will be kept to a minimum. 3. How do I configure the box so that the only access to the outside world is though the proxy? Can I just take proxied ports out of /etc/services? This seems like the wrong answer, but I've never done this before so maybe it is the right way to do it. 4. Finally, the higher-ups are worried about virii. Is it possible to scan downloads including ActiveX and Java/Javascript at the proxy before they are passed on to the client machines? Again, payware is an acceptable solution. I believe that solutions such as this exist for NT, but I've not seen anything for FreeBSD. As usual, any responses, suggestions, life-lessons, and even random chatter are appreciated! Thanks again, Jim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message