where is squid proxy

[Michael Havens]

hmmmmm.... nc isn't on my system I even ran apt-get update and tried apt-get
install.

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> then I suppose I'll use netcat.  I suppose I put 'nc- p 5050' in a file
> somewhere. Could someone tell me which file?
> funny.... reading the man page for nc (trying to figure out how to get it
> to work) was a hoot! the copyright section is rather entertaining. check it
> out!
>
> here is the excerpt I was talking about:
>
> COPYRIGHT
>        Netcat  is  entirely my own creation, although plenty of other code
> was
>        used as examples.  It is freely given away to the Internet community
> in
>        the  hope  that  it  will be useful, with no restrictions except
> giving
>        credit where it is due.  No GPLs, Berkeley copyrights or  any  of
> that
>        nonsense.  The author assumes NO responsibility for how anyone uses
> it.
>        If netcat makes you rich somehow and you're feeling generous, mail
> me a
>        check.   If you are affiliated in any way with Microsoft Network,
> get a
>        life.  Always ski in control.  Comments, questions, and patches to
> hob‐
>        bit at avian.org.
>
> NOTES
>        Some  port  names  in /etc/services contain hyphens -- netcat
> currently
>        will not correctly parse those unless you escape the hyphens with
> back‐
>        slashes (e.g. "netcat localhost 'ftp\-data'").
>
> BUGS
>        Efforts  have  been made to have netcat "do the right thing" in all
> its
>        various modes.  If you believe that it is doing the wrong  thing
> under
>        whatever  circumstances,  please notify me and tell me how you think
> it
>        should behave.  If netcat is not able to do some  task  you  think
> up,
>        minor  tweaks  to the code will probably fix that.  It provides a
> basic
>        and easily-modified template for writing  other  network
> applications,
>        and  I  certainly  encourage people to make custom mods and send in
> any
>        improvements they make to it. Continued feedback from the Internet
> com‐
>        munity is always welcome!
>
> EXAMPLES
>        For  several netcat recipes, please see
> /usr/share/doc/netcat/README.gz
>        and /usr/share/doc/netcat/README.Debian.gz.
>
> AUTHOR
>        This manual page was written by Joey Hess <joeyh at debian.org> and
> Robert
>        Woodcock <rcw at debian.org>, cribbing heavily from Netcat's README
> file.
>
>        Netcat was written by a guy we know as the Hobbit <hobbit at avian.org
> >.
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 6:42 PM, Ed <plug at 0x1b.com> wrote:
>
>> Squid is a proxy server found at http://www.squid-cache.org/
>> I would guess that apt-get thinks of it as squid-cache.
>>
>> Unless you already have Squid (doesn't sound like it) already set up -
>> this is a bit over the top just to let port 5050 past the firewall +
>> NAT.
>> If you have a home network, Squid is a good way to control access to
>> the Internet. If you have one computer on a broadband connection, then
>> just opening port 5050 should be enough, add forwarding if you have
>> NAT setup. Squid is a heavy service, other tunneling tools exist like
>> nc (aka netcat) or ssh or stunnel that will be much easier to set up.
>>
>> Once you are set up, you should check to see which service you have
>> listening at port 5050 with something like "netstat -ta" or wireshark,
>> etc
>>
>> Happy Holidays - Ed
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>
>
>
> --
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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