Re: Debian Proxy Server
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On 09/28/06 20:27, Jay Zach wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
>> On 09/28/06 14:18, Jay Zach wrote:
>>> houkrc@ssjpitt.org wrote:
>>>> Dear Debian Support,
>> [snip]
>>> Although, I use Debian for everything else Linux, I use IPCop
>>> (http://ipcop.org) for what you are wanting. I think it would be
>>> a lot simpler for you to setup for that purpose than Debian, as
>>> that is what it's designed to do from the ground up.
>> The IpCop About page mentions Linux Firewall Distribution about 85
>> times, but not web caching and filtering.
>>
>
>
> It has web caching builtin --
> http://www.ipcop.org/1.4.0/en/admin/html/services.html#services_webproxy
>
> Filtering is accomplished by easy to install addons that include Dan's
> Guardian or urlfilter. Advanced Proxy is also available as an addon and
> gives more caching control, and advanced options like ldap
> authentication, all done through an easy to use html interface (although
> installing the addons requires following a few simple steps through
> ssh). Here is a site that has many, many addons for IPCop, including
> Cop+ which includes Dan's Guardian...
> http://firewalladdons.sourceforge.net/
>
> IMHO, it's a lot simpler to set up for someone new to linux, but there
> may be exceptions.
Good to know. OP is pretty insistent that he only wants caching &
filtering. Since IPcop is the Linux *Firewall* Distribution, will
it try to force itself into also being firewall, gateway, etc?
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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