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Re: [LUG] Transparent proxying using iptables

 

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Mark Evans wrote:
> Adrian Midgley wrote:
>>> Simon Williams wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello everyone.
>>>> At my Uni they have a standard NAT setup, with one major exception- no 
>>>> traffic is allowed to port 80. Instead, you have to go through their 
>>>> proxy server, which runs on port 8080.
>>>>  
>>> Odd.
>>> Why don't they route all port 80 traffic to their proxy, regardless of
>>> what port they use for that, and what people on the network think they
>>> are getting.
> 
> Certain things get upset when this happens. Most notably Windows Update,
> unless Microsoft have worked out how to fix it...

Smoothwall does this, there is a li'l tickbox in there someplace..

Not quite sure of the iptables command for it though..

I will see if i cna get any info out of the smoothwall boys..


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Neil Stone

Systems Administrator
FlashTek UK

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