is it possible to set up a proxy host?

[PlatinumGold]

i'm not sure if my terminology is accurate here but, it is possible for me to setup a proxy web host?


not sure if that is the right terminology, but what i want is this, i have various clients with various forms of internet access (DSL, Cable etc), is it possible for me to set it up so that all interactions with the internet from their respective lans all go thru my proxy server before going to the local PC??

 

[nweaver]

not sure if this is what you are looking for....


Proxy server will direct all proxied requests (Usually web, ftp) out to a gateway. This allows you to either A. Setup clients with no default gateway (maybe for security?) or B. setup a gateway to another internal lan with no reall access to the world (no routing to the outside world).

I setup ISA2004 (MS Product) for a test lab where the gateway went to a dead end network for simulated wan testing. We also wanted to be isolated from the corp network as much as possible, so we did not have any routing out, other then the proxy server, which was dual homed (but did not have the routing/remote access piece). Proxy server worked great for this. ISA2k4 is fairly easy, but I think it's spendy. We used our MSDN to try it, see if it was what we wanted, then used a license from our Action pack. Squid is a free alternative (linux based only, I think).

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: nweaver
not sure if this is what you are looking for....


Proxy server will direct all proxied requests (Usually web, ftp) out to a gateway. This allows you to either A. Setup clients with no default gateway (maybe for security?) or B. setup a gateway to another internal lan with no reall access to the world (no routing to the outside world).

I setup ISA2004 (MS Product) for a test lab where the gateway went to a dead end network for simulated wan testing. We also wanted to be isolated from the corp network as much as possible, so we did not have any routing out, other then the proxy server, which was dual homed (but did not have the routing/remote access piece). Proxy server worked great for this. ISA2k4 is fairly easy, but I think it's spendy. We used our MSDN to try it, see if it was what we wanted, then used a license from our Action pack. Squid is a free alternative (linux based only, I think).

i think what i want is the opposite.

i want all web traffic for my clients (many different locations) to be directed to my proxy web server. i will then set up internet content filtering and monitoring at the proxy server (per my clients request) so i can filter and log traffic for each user.

 

[nweaver]

ISA will also do that. Then the just put the proxy info in the browser (i.e. proxy is billsproxyservice port 220000) and then when I am in my browser, when I go to www.google.com it goes to billsproxyservice, and that returns all the replies. Note, that all I have to do to get unfiltered access after that is remove the check box from IE.

ISA will do all this for you, not sure about squid, but it's cheap to test with

 

[Nothinman]

What he wants is transparent proxying and that should be doable with squid.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
What he wants is transparent proxying and that should be doable with squid.

can i point pc's from many different locations to the one proxy without issues? i just need an ip address or URL right?

i'll lock down permissions on each of these machines so clients won't have access to them.

so that should send all internet traffic thru my proxy right?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Yes, you can route plenty of PCs through your proxy, no matter where it is (as long as it is accessible ).