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.
>
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