Re: [Newbie] OpenBSD HTTP proxy

2007-10-12 Thread Clint M. Sand
On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 10:00:34PM -0400, Jeremy Huiskamp wrote: > On 8-Oct-07, at 8:43 PM, Lars Noodin wrote: > > >Tony Bruguier wrote: > >... > >>I would like to install an HTTP proxy. > >... > > > >Squid is recommended. Read the directions carefully and you will have > >to make one or two chan

Re: [Newbie] OpenBSD HTTP proxy

2007-10-09 Thread Tony Bruguier
to China to surf the web freely. Do you have any >> suggestion on the package to use? He is using Windows. >> >> In the long term, I would like to implement a full IP tunelling. Any >> solutions? >> >> Tony > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/-Newbie--OpenBSD-HTTP-proxy-tf4591425.html#a13122714 Sent from the openbsd user - misc mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: [Newbie] OpenBSD HTTP proxy

2007-10-09 Thread Siju George
On 10/9/07, Craig Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You haven't thought about what is going on here and that it is quite a > different situation. > > Do you also run apache, named, dhcpd, sendmail, dovecot/courier, etc, > etc only on the loopback? No? Why not? Because they use standard > por

Re: [Newbie] OpenBSD HTTP proxy

2007-10-09 Thread Craig Skinner
Siju George wrote: If you are running a firewall on OpenBSD with FTP proxy then it listens behind the mothers skirt You haven't thought about what is going on here and that it is quite a different situation. Do you also run apache, named, dhcpd, sendmail, dovecot/courier, etc, etc only

Re: [Newbie] OpenBSD HTTP proxy

2007-10-09 Thread Siju George
On 10/9/07, Craig Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Siju George wrote: > > > > First of all proxy is used to control web access ( like URL filter ) > > for a certain group of people. There are others who connect through > > NAT and who can get better perfomance. Yes Squid degrades performances >

Re: [Newbie] OpenBSD HTTP proxy

2007-10-09 Thread Craig Skinner
Siju George wrote: First of all proxy is used to control web access ( like URL filter ) for a certain group of people. There are others who connect through NAT and who can get better perfomance. Yes Squid degrades performances at some cases. Then there are websites that don't work well with squi

Re: [Newbie] OpenBSD HTTP proxy

2007-10-09 Thread Siju George
On 10/9/07, Craig Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Rubbish. This is pathetic and displays total ignorance of fundamental > networking protocols, esp WPAD: web proxy auto discovery > not really. listen now :-) > Have squid listen on the internal interface at the *standard* port of 3128. > n

Re: [Newbie] OpenBSD HTTP proxy

2007-10-09 Thread Craig Skinner
Lars NoodC)n wrote: Refer to the original question. The implication was evading the Great Firewall of China. For that, a tunnel is probably advisable. Yes, I saw that, but as far as I am aware, that cowardly evil oriental government only blocks access to certain sites for its serfs, and not t

Re: [Newbie] OpenBSD HTTP proxy

2007-10-09 Thread Lars Noodén
Craig Skinner wrote: ... > Rubbish. What a piece of nonsense. Ridiculous. Why secure plain http > traffic? Refer to the original question. The implication was evading the Great Firewall of China. For that, a tunnel is probably advisable. There is of course no technical requirement that there be

Re: [Newbie] OpenBSD HTTP proxy

2007-10-09 Thread Craig Skinner
Siju George wrote: On 10/9/07, Lars Noodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Tony Bruguier wrote: ... I would like to install an HTTP proxy. ... Squid is recommended. Read the directions carefully and you will have to make one or two changes to the configuration. Absolutely. Some folk use apache

Re: [Newbie] OpenBSD HTTP proxy

2007-10-08 Thread Peter N. M. Hansteen
Tony Bruguier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > First, thanks for all the help so far. It seems that I have downloaded and > installed the 4.2 version even though it is not supposed to be available > yet. Here's the link: > ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/i386/cd42.iso that is a -current

Re: [Newbie] OpenBSD HTTP proxy

2007-10-08 Thread Tony Bruguier
it's more, I'd rather switch to 4.1. Tony -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/-Newbie--OpenBSD-HTTP-proxy-tf4591425.html#a13109478 Sent from the openbsd user - misc mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: [Newbie] OpenBSD HTTP proxy

2007-10-08 Thread Rob Schmersel
Hi, I'm using TOR with good success here in China. Try torpark for windows, this will give your friend a preconfigured package of tor + firefox, ready to run (no need to setup a proxy on your site). REgards /Rob Tony Bruguier wrote: Hi all, I am an OpenBSD newbie (although I have used Li

Re: [Newbie] OpenBSD HTTP proxy

2007-10-08 Thread Siju George
On 10/9/07, Lars Noodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tony Bruguier wrote: > ... > > I would like to install an HTTP proxy. > ... > > Squid is recommended. Read the directions carefully and you will have > to make one or two changes to the configuration. > > Have squid listen localhost and then tun

Re: [Newbie] OpenBSD HTTP proxy

2007-10-08 Thread Jeremy Huiskamp
On 8-Oct-07, at 8:43 PM, Lars Noodin wrote: Tony Bruguier wrote: ... I would like to install an HTTP proxy. ... Squid is recommended. Read the directions carefully and you will have to make one or two changes to the configuration. Have squid listen localhost and then tunnel to get to it.

Re: [Newbie] OpenBSD HTTP proxy

2007-10-08 Thread Calomel
Tony, I agree with lars, squid is an excellent choice to proxy http and https. Here are some instructions and a working example if you need them. Squid Proxy (Secure, Paranoid and Non-caching) http://calomel.org/squid.html -- Calomel @ http://calomel.org On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 03:4

Re: [Newbie] OpenBSD HTTP proxy

2007-10-08 Thread Lars Noodén
Tony Bruguier wrote: ... > I would like to install an HTTP proxy. ... Squid is recommended. Read the directions carefully and you will have to make one or two changes to the configuration. Have squid listen localhost and then tunnel to get to it. > ... > In the long term, I would like to implem

[Newbie] OpenBSD HTTP proxy

2007-10-08 Thread Tony Bruguier
have any suggestion on the package to use? He is using Windows. In the long term, I would like to implement a full IP tunelling. Any solutions? Tony -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/-Newbie--OpenBSD-HTTP-proxy-tf4591425.html#a13107236 Sent from the openbsd user - misc mailing