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Re: Linux firewall vs Windows and Hardware based firewalls



On Sat, Aug 02, 2003 at 09:18:22PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 06:14:12PM +0100, Pigeon wrote:
> > In order to make it work, I didn't have to touch anything in squid's
> > own config, just put appropriate gateway entries in the machines'
> > /etc/network/interfaces and proxy entries in my browser's proxy config. 
> 
> Well, if you've got a beefy gateway, you could move the adzapping
> squid there, then use iptables to make it a transparent proxy and save
> yourself the trouble of having to point everything at the proxy.

So, given that squid-on-a-firewall is apparently a negligible security
risk, this is all about ease of configuration, rather than performance
once configured? Cool, I know what I'm dealing with now.

The "new" gateway is a 120MHz Pentium with 40MB RAM, which should just
about handle squid/adzapper. Previously I was using a 600MHz/128MB
box, which ended up having loads of other services on it to make good
use of its capacity, hence the decision to move the security function
to a separate box.

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