Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 09:52:26 -0500 From: Christian Kuhtz <ck@ns1.adsu.bellsouth.com> To: Matt Behrens <matt@zigg.com>, Brian Feldman <green@unixhelp.org> Cc: gmarco@giovannelli.it, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wanton Atticizing is bad Message-ID: <19981228095226.B1333@ns1.adsu.bellsouth.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812280853071.1128-100000@megaweapon.zigg.com>; from Matt Behrens on Mon, Dec 28, 1998 at 08:54:56AM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812280839130.14811-100000@janus.syracuse.net> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812280853071.1128-100000@megaweapon.zigg.com>
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On Mon, Dec 28, 1998 at 08:54:56AM -0500, Matt Behrens wrote:
> : > "transproxy - transparently proxy HTTP and other requests.
> : > This program is used with Darren Reed's IPFILTER package and used
> : > to intercept things like http requests and divert them to a www proxy server
> : > (eg: squid), without requiring user intervention or configuration."
>
> : You can do that with natd.
>
> You can create the same effect, but lose all of squid's extra
> benefits like caching. I have also noticed that ppp -alias (which
> uses the same code as natd, AFAIR) fails to submit some forms
> properly using Netscape on a Windows box (probably Netscape's
> fault). This bug might be long-gone though :)
So, the feature you're really looking for is 'transparent redirection',
correct? Very much like all the other (supposedly) 'layer 4 switching' widgets
out there (e.g., Alteon, etc).
'Transparent redirection' is disjoint from 'transparent proxy'. You can have
a 'transparent proxy' which does not do 'transparent redirection'.
Cheers,
Chris
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