Re: [squid-users] No transparency...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon White" <simon@mtds.com>
To: <squid-users@squid-cache.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 3:20 AM
Subject: Re: [squid-users] No transparency...

> 20-Mar-02 at 03:12, Studmuffin (justin@axcessisp.net) wrote :
> > Can somebody please explain excactly what I need in squid.conf to make
it a
> transparent proxy. I looked at the squid-cache site and checked the .conf
file
> of a proxy we had running transparent and copied almost verbatim the
config
> (We're using delay pools now and that box wouldn't do it). It works if
it's
> set-up in the browser to use the proxy but not otherwise. Is there a way
to
> force a browser to detect proxy settings again? Do y'all want my config
file
> posted so you can tell me what's wrong?
>
> Are you getting the packets to Squid via a router, layer 3 switch, a
firewall,
> or by using Squid as your default gateway with iptables / ipchains? This
has
> as much to do with it as anything else. Squid can only be transparent if
> packets get to it.
>
> --
> John Lennon:--v [Simon White. vim/mutt/Linux. simon@mtds.com. GIMPS:
46.41%]
> Sometimes we sit and read other people's interpretations of our lyrics
> and think, 'Hey, that's pretty good.' If we liked it, we would keep our
> mouths shut and just accept the credit as if it was what we meant all
along.
>
>
The squid box is the gateway. It has a nic with an internet ip that goes to
our router and a nic that goes to our lan with a lan ip.
Received on Wed Mar 20 2002 - 02:28:56 MST