Re: [squid-users] NewB Squid user needs info

Jeff Donovan wrote:
>
> greetings
>
> I have spent the last week reading through the docs on how to install
> and configure squid.
> I was wondering if someone could give me some guidance.
>
> I want to run squid & squid guard on an OSX Server.
> many of the tutorials and setup docs are for Linux and using IPchains
> to help re-direct the traffic from port 1 to port 2.
>
> what i want is to use squids re-direct capabilities with squid guard to
> be used as a small content filter.
> I'm not sure if I need to cache or not. unless it is a performance
> issue or a necessity for squid gurad to function properly.

 First of all , I think you are confusing traffic redirection
 with squid's internal redirect facility for url's to an
 external program.

 Note that these issues are completely unrelated.

 M.

>
> my problem is,...I'm not sure where to start.
>
> the BSD systems I have use IPFW, and Im not sure how to configure squid
> to use this.
> Any insight , configuration tips, page references, flames, and RTFM's
> are welcome :)
>
> Thanks
>
> --jeff

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