Re: [Sheflug] Transparent proxy - firewall setup

[James Rogers <phb01jdr [at] xxxxxxxxxx>]

Rob Keeling wrote:

> I need to configure a firewall machine to link some laptops to a 
> network, I am not allowed to alter any settings on the laptops, but 
> will need to
>
> divert all outgoing port 25 connections to our mail server.
> transparently proxy http & https trafic to be routed through an 
> external proxy server. (this is the only way past a external firewall.)
>
> Can anyone suggest a good starting point preferably using suse 9.1?
>
> Can I acheve redirection of the https traffic?
>
> port 25 should just be a iprule command but the proxying is stumping 
> me at the moment.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Rob Keeling
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Google is your friend http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/TransparentProxy.html
Should be pretty distro independant as its just iptables and squid
https cannot be done with transparent proxies

Regards
James
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