Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 13:34:08 +0000 (GMT) From: Andrew Kenneth Milton <akm@zeus.theinternet.com.au> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hello (proxy redirect) Message-ID: <199807011334.NAA06445@zeus.theinternet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980630184328.2001R-100000@current1.whistle.com> from Julian Elischer at "Jun 30, 98 07:14:08 pm"
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+----[ Julian Elischer ]--------------------------------------------- | you need to use natd.. | Nah, you need the -current ipfw that does forwarding (or ipfilter I believe although I haven't used this). You can get ipfw patches from the mpd distribution if the patches aren't in -current yet. I've never been able to get natd to do transparent proxying. If it is possible using natd then someone who's done it should add it to the handbook, so those places not running 2.2.6+ can use that instead of the new ipfw (or send an email so it's in the archives). Be aware though that transparent proxies will no longer be able to give you stats broken down by hostnames or domains. Because the browser will resolve hostname first, the proxy will only ever receive IP addresses to fetch from. This might also have an impact on IPless virtual hosting, although, it would probably only affect those browsers that IPless virtual hosting doesn't work for anyway. On the surface this isn't that bad, however, if you receive a price break on bandwidth for fetching from an upstream proxy, their proxy will have things stored by domain name not IP, so you will blow away any cost benefits of peered proxies. If you don't want any benefits like domain based cache reporting or don't get a price break on bandwidth for upstream proxies then this is probably for you. You also cannot automatically proxy FTP requests in this way, since browsers usually turn the ftp requests into HTTP requests when using a proxy. There is no such thing as a free lunch. -- Totally Holistic Enterprises Internet| P:+61 7 3870 0066 | Andrew The Internet (Aust) Pty Ltd | F:+61 7 3870 4477 | Milton ACN: 082 081 472 | M:+61 416 022 411 |72 Col .Sig PO Box 403 Booval QLD Australia 4304 |akm@theinternet.com.au|Specialist To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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