RB and Stefan, thanks very much for the insightful help. I was able to get the Tinyproxy->Polipo configuration working, and although I haven't yet done any particularly rigorous load testing, the early performance and load figures are very encouraging. For any interested, I've written up my experience and config files here:
http://labs.echoditto.com/proxy-based-mischief-with-openwrt Thanks again! On 6/20/08, RB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Tom Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My particular application calls for using Squid as a transparent proxy > > that utilizes a redirector script which unfortunately seems to rule > > out Polipo and Tinyproxy. > > > Of course - tinyproxy supports 'transparent' proxying but not external > redirectors; the Polipo FAQ calls you a "fascist pig with a read-only > mind" for wanting to do transparent (as we call it) proxying, but has > good support for external redirectors. Reading through the Polipo > docs gives me the distinct impression that the author isn't so > interested in providing what users want but what they think everyone > should have. > > You could try chaining them together (iptables->tinyproxy->polipo), > but I have no idea whether that would be more resource-intensive than > just running Squid. Then again, if you can't get Squid to work... > > _______________________________________________ > openwrt-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-users >
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