RE: Setting proxy with dhcpd
> From: Mirko Parthey [mailto:mirko.parthey@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 3:18 AM
>
> On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 07:51:19PM +0000, Dave Ewart wrote:
> > > Is possible to set a proxy in the dhcp clients
> automatically with the
> > > dhcpd? If yes, how do it?
> >
> > A proxy for what?
> >
> > If you mean a web proxy then probably not - the use of a
> web proxy is
> > application-dependent and cannot be set via DHCP.
>
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> The client needs to support it though - Konqueror does.
> IE should support it too, although we couldn't make it work there last
> time we checked (we didn't try very hard).
> I can't tell for Mozilla/Firefox, maybe someone else can give a report
> on them.
Depending on your environment, you may be able to mandate use of a proxy at
the firewall.
IANANG (...network guru), but I think it is possible to set up an
iptables/ipchains firewall such that any requests from the inside, destined
to port 80, would be redirected to an internal host (the proxy), and any
requests from the proxy's IP would be allowed to pass. The web client is
none the wiser, thus transparent proxying.
Then again, I could be completely wrong on this, and/or it could be
completely unsuitable for what you are trying to acomplish.
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