Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:22:42 EST From: TM4526@aol.com To: bsilver@chrononomicon.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Squid+Privoxy or Snort? Message-ID: <1a7.2adb9674.2ec66782@aol.com>
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In a message dated 11/12/04 1:22:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, bsilver@chrononomicon.com writes: > The issue with proxies is that they are a drag on your network; using > squid as a firewall only isnt very smart. If you are already using it > fine. But on a large network you are better off using a firewall or > some > sort of bandwidth management like the stuff on etinc.com. >I thought his issue was more on finding internal systems having >problems and blocking the specific sites from getting hit. > >The proxy should speed up access if the same sites are being hit, as The "proxy" doesn't "speed access", the cache does. So using squidguard without squid enabled, or privoxy or SNORT which are not caches, is what I was referring to. proxy != Cache which is I think is your confusion.
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