I used to use Smoothwall and I liked it a lot but my routing needs outgrew what I could do with it so I'm using pfSense for my routing needs now. What I'd like to implement is a caching proxy that doesn't do any actual routing, it just sits between the router and the outside modem.
Chris On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Steven S. Critchfield <[email protected]>wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > > Years ago I put a squid server in to do just that for my family (a > > very slow connection to the outside world back then). But as Andy > > noted, there are certain secure and interactive applications that the > > caching proxy just brakes. Especially banking, stock market trading, > > and some gaming servers seem to have the most issues. > > I've run a smootwall firewall at home now for 5+ years. Not once have I > had an issue with the proxy in it. It is really nice since all I need is > a cdrom to boot the machine. I have it installed on a 80 gig drive so there > is more than enough space for caching. Not ever had to look at the thing. > > Plus if you don't mind going that route, the IDS, if you get it working > would be nice. > > -- > Steven Critchfield [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
