proxy server

Mon, 13 Jan 2003 01:34:49 -0800 (PST)

You want ipchains or iptables depending on which linux kernel you are
running.  iptables will do all firewalling and NAT etc etc...

Troy Moniz
Systems Administrator

On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Trent Shipley wrote:

> I dislike networking and system administration/configuration.
>
> Nevertheless, sometimes the network/sysadmin option is less hassle than the
> alternative.
>
> Currently I have one land-line.  It provides dial-up internet access and
> normally is connected to my primary workstation, running SuSE.
> Unfortunately, for some sites you just *need* to use Internet Explorer.
> Currently, I unhook the line and plug it into the laptop that runs Windows
> 2000 Pro.
>
> I'd like to just leave the stupid phone like connected to the SuSE machine.
> Unfortunately, I don't know HOW TO set it up as a proxy server (or, for that
> matter, how to get the Windows machine to use the SuSE machine once it is
> configured to proxy-serve my little LAN.)
>
> Any advice on how to learn to setup a Linux proxy server would be much
> appreciated (eg, books, web-pages, even mention of applications and config
> files I'll need to tinker with...).
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