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From: roberto@eurocontrol.fr (Ollivier Robert)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: bsd as a proxy server
Date: 16 Jan 1997 15:22:52 GMT
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In article <32DE3594.785D@newland.com>,
malcolm newton  <mnewton@newland.com> wrote:
> I want to set up a bsd pc as a proxy server for a local network on a
> different ip class. I guess i can set up httpd as a proxy and get a an
> ftpd-proxy etc or is there a better way ????? like a port redirect or

Use Squid[1] for the following protocols: FTP, HTTP, Gopher and S/HTTP.

If you want a general proxy system, then you'll want an IP translation
system such as IP Filter[2].

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[1] <URL:http://squid.nlanr.net/>
[2] <URL:http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/>
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