On 2007-10-03, George <groups@gabtel.com> wrote: > Is there some software that will allow me to build a Linux server and use it > as a pure proxy server? I don't need a firewall, nor do I want a firewall > to run on this server. The server only needs to have one interface. > > I want to have some of my machines inside my firewall to use this new > machine as a caching proxy. download squid and read about iptables. (caching proxy only makes sense for HTTP, pretty much) > > Also, from outside my firewall, I want to be able to access my firewall on a > non-standard port and have it pass the traffic to my proxy server. Then I > want the proxy server to handle the internet requests. > I am not sure what you mean here. i

George <groups@nobody.athome> wrote: > I appreciate your advice. I understand completely the implications of > allowing outside hosts into my network. That's not the problem we're concerned about. You must specifically ensure that hosts outside your network cannot use your web proxy to access other hosts outside your network. Chris