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Date:      Mon, 4 Feb 2002 18:10:36 -0500
From:      "C J Michaels" <cjm2@earthling.net>
To:        "Greg Prosser" <greg@straynet.com>
Cc:        <stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: dropping 127.* on the floor
Message-ID:  <CDEJIONOMGKHCNHBALKPAEJICAAA.cjm2@earthling.net>
In-Reply-To: <20020204100307.F12914-100000@voyager.straynet.com>

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From: Greg Prosser
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: dropping 127.* on the floor
>
>
<...snip...>
> According to the squid FAQ[1], they recommend using ipfw fwd rules
> diverting traffic to 127.0.0.1 to transparently insert the cache server.
> This behaviour is now broken, as ipfw rewrites the packet before it hits
> the network stack, as does ipf, and both end up dropped.  I've tested and
> confirmed this on 4.5-STABLE, the rules in the FAQ did not work for me.

Does squid's transparent proxying depending upon the packet being forwarded
to the loopback?  or can we just re-write the rule to push it down one of
the other interfaces?

>
> -gnp
>
> [1] squid FAQ URL: http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-17.html#ss17.8

--Chris


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