Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 13:54:26 -0500 (CDT) From: Tony Kimball <alk@pobox.com> To: ari@suutari.iki.fi Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Transparent proxying (was: IPFW + natd -redirect_port) Message-ID: <199805151854.NAA14225@compound.east.sun.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980515004045.12303B-100000@current1.whistle.com> <355C4626.5B8EAF27@suutari.iki.fi>
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I have a problem which I imagine to be fairly common, and this talk of transparent proxies suggests that the best solution is to be found by querying this list: I use various IP providers. Depending on the nonce provider, my smtp relay host varies, and my http/ftp proxy varies or becomes null. Currently I use a ppp linkup/linkdown pair to switch /etc/sendmail.cf, (but this means that I can't run sendmail as a daemon, which is a problem for other hosts on my lan, for which I route) and turn proxies on/off manually. Ideally, I think I should like to transparently proxy http/ftp for both the router and other LAN clients, or disable proxying entirely, depending on the route, and similarly to translate some dummy IP to the current relay host depending upon the route. What is the best current and the best near-future solution? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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