[squid-users] Using Squid as a proxy to change network devices' properties instead of web broswers'?
Hello. I got Squid v2.7 stable 6 installed and working in a Windows XP Pro. SP2 machine, with its IIS, as a proxy server. I can make clients' web browsers (e.g., IE and Firefox in Windows XP), go through this proxy server with no problems. I am wondering if I can use Squid to do the same proxy for network devices (e.g., onboard network). I would like to be able to set up PCs' Internet access instead of web browsers. Thank you in advance. :) -- "In an ant colony, dew is a flood." --Afghan /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / E-mail: phi...@earthlink.net or a...@zimage.com ( )
Re: [squid-users] Using Squid as a proxy to change network devices' properties instead of web broswers'?
Thanks. So Squid cannot do what I am looking for and is only for http. I will check out proxycfg.exe command. This is a new one to me. I hope Vista and Windows 7 have it too. On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 12:32:15AM +1200, Amos Jeffries wrote: > >I got Squid v2.7 stable 6 installed and working in a Windows XP Pro. SP2 > >machine, with its IIS, as a proxy server. I can make clients' web > >browsers (e.g., IE and Firefox in Windows XP), go through this proxy > >server with no problems. > > > >I am wondering if I can use Squid to do the same proxy for network > >devices (e.g., onboard network). I would like to be able to set up PCs' > >Internet access instead of web browsers. > > > >Thank you in advance. :) > > The use of Squid as HTTP proxy is limited only individual app or devices > capabilities. > > On windows XP the command "proxycfg -u" IIRC is sufficient to get the > MS-produced apps using the same settings as IE, whether they are proxy > or not. > > I've heard tell of people using ActiveDirectory to push out proxy > settings to all machines in a controlled network environment, mayhap an > expert on that will say how if you need it. > > Other devices and apps you will have to check out individually and see > what can be done. > > As a fallback for the really limited apps there is always interception > at the network gateway device. Though this has a whole other set of > problems and should only be considered as a last resort.
Re: [squid-users] Using Squid as a proxy to change network devices' properties instead of web broswers'?
> > >I got Squid v2.7 stable 6 installed and working in a Windows XP Pro. SP2 > > >machine, with its IIS, as a proxy server. I can make clients' web > > >browsers (e.g., IE and Firefox in Windows XP), go through this proxy > > >server with no problems. > > > > > >I am wondering if I can use Squid to do the same proxy for network > > >devices (e.g., onboard network). I would like to be able to set up PCs' > > >Internet access instead of web browsers. > > > > The use of Squid as HTTP proxy is limited only individual app or devices > > capabilities. > > > > On windows XP the command "proxycfg -u" IIRC is sufficient to get the > > MS-produced apps using the same settings as IE, whether they are proxy > > or not. OK, I think this is perfect after trying it in a Dell OEM Windows XP Home SP2. Is this a common method for Windows' proxy setups? -- "In an ant colony, dew is a flood." --Afghan /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / E-mail: phi...@earthlink.net or a...@zimage.com ( )
Re: [squid-users] Using Squid as a proxy to change network devices' properties instead of web broswers'?
Question about this proxycfg.exe in XP: Does this work for all Internet program? I can get it to work with IE (v6-v7) and CDBurnerXP (to download its update for the program), but not Firefox. I read that the program has to know winHTTP. Am I understanding this correctly? If so, then how do I know which programs support that to do proxy? -- "In an ant colony, dew is a flood." --Afghan /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / E-mail: phi...@earthlink.net or a...@zimage.com ( )
Re: [squid-users] Using Squid as a proxy to change network devices' properties instead of web broswers'?
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 10:38:44PM +1200, Amos Jeffries wrote: > Phillip Pi wrote: > >Question about this proxycfg.exe in XP: Does this work for all Internet > >program? I can get it to work with IE (v6-v7) and CDBurnerXP (to > >download its update for the program), but not Firefox. I read that the > >program has to know winHTTP. Am I understanding this correctly? If so, > >then how do I know which programs support that to do proxy? > > The command is born from the fact that MS use more than one 'web access' > DLL API for their web backend(s) in Windows XP. IE sets the config for > one of the DLL, certain apps (WU amongst them) use the other library. > The command syncs the settings used by both DLL, nothing more. > > So the result is that various MS software are 'fixed' and start working > again with a proxy or after a proxy config is changed. But most non-MS > software is not affected. Thanks. Is there a list of non-MS programs that use this? It seems like it is WinHTTP API?
[squid-users] Can't get my Squid proxy to use my c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file.
Hello! I just configured a new Squid proxy (http://squid.acmeconsulting.it/download/squid-2.7.STABLE8-bin.zip) in an updated Windows XP Pro. SP2 box for a testing proxy network setup for a network program. I got its manual (no PAC scripts) proxy to work on both client computer and server via Internet Explorer correctly. I am not using any PAC scripts either. I couldn't get my prerelease network software to connect to the correct test internal server. It ends up on the production one which I do not want! According to http://www.eu.squid-cache.org/mail-archive/squid-users/200903/index.html#226 thread's replies, Squid proxy does not read the Windows' hosts file by default. Administrator has to tell Squid to do that in its Squid's folder/directory's etc\squid.conf file (hosts_file section). I told Squid to use c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts with my custom hosts list. However, I still could not get it to work in my activated 64-bit W7 HP's IE8 client PC. I even tried public internet Web sites like: 157.166.255.19 msnbc.com So client's IE8 should take me to CNN's Web site instead of www.msnbc.com, but it didn't (gave me MSNBC's Web site). I tried rebooting both PCs, restarting Squid service, etc. What am I missing? Thank you in advance. :) -- Quote of the Week: "You feel the faint grit of ants beneath your shoes, but keep on walking because in this world you have to decide what you're willing to kill." --Tony Hoagland from "Candlelight" /\___/\ Phil./Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | E-mail: phi...@earthlink.net/a...@zimage.com \ _ / If crediting, then please kindly use Ant nickname ( ) and AQFL URL/link.
