on Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 07:10:49AM -0700, Dave Carrigan (dave@rudedog.org) wrote: > "Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com> writes: > > > To create a transparent cache, you'll create a NAT rule for your > > firewall to redirect INTERNAL traffic bound for EXTERNAL sites on PORT > > 80 to the PROXY listener port. > > Also, if you prefer not to use a transparent cache (I sometimes want to > bypass squid), then you can install a normal squid proxy and set an > environment variable: > > http_proxy=http://squidbox.dom.ain:3128/ > > Apt honors the http_proxy environment variable if it's set. True. But with a transparent proxy on your gateway there's *no* client or node configuration to be done to utilize it -- for any host served by that gateway. Hence: transparent. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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