Don't use stupid shit like "Akamize". Problem solved. Stop making people laugh at you.
On Fri, 07 Jan 2011 10:25 +0100, "Claer" <cl...@claer.hammock.fr> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 07 2011 at 59:07, Girish Venkatachalam wrote: > > I try to use OpenBSD wherever I can and in the firewall I have > > installed in a big jewel store > > here I have the following problem. > > > > Many websites these days "Akamize" or do whatever that gives them a > > different IP address > > everytime you access it. > > > > And consequently pf which does not know a thing about domains does not help > > us. > > > > I want a solution which can address this. > Use a proxy according your application protocol (like squid for http) > and do the applicative filtering on it. > > > What I currently do is add an entry manually to /etc/hosts and ask > > everyone in the network > > to us my DNS. > > > It is crappy and bereft with 100s of problems. > > > > First thing is that it does not allow us to use "Akamaizer" and load > > balancing feature offered by them. > > > > And it is not a good idea to change on every computer... > > > > Is there a better idea? > Proxification will mostly require modifications on the client's side but > it could be simplified with proxy.pac distribution. If you go the socks > way, you won't have any choice but to install a proxy client on each > computer. > > Claer
