[ubuntu-uk] Squid
Stephen Drake
stevepdrake at googlemail.com
Tue Nov 27 20:54:56 GMT 2007
On Tue, 2007-11-27 at 19:19 +0000, Michael Rimicans wrote:
> So if squid is running on a server which is connected to the internet
> and all the computers connect to squid proxy on (for example)port
> 8000, is squid sharing the internet connection or not?
>
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> Kris Marsh wrote:
> > On Nov 26, 2007 7:30 PM, Michael Rimicans <heed at bigmassiveheed.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > Greetings,
> > >
> > > Quick question:
> > >
> > > Can squid proxy server also be used to share an internet connection over
> > > a small office network?
> > >
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> >
> > Hi Michael, that's not really what it's used for (although, it can be
> > used in conjunction with NAT, to speed up popular websites).
> >
> > You will probably want to use NAT / IP Masquerading:
> > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=111972
> >
> > Kris
> >
> >
>
The important distinction here is the difference between a web proxy and
an Internet sharing device.
A web proxy such as Squid deals with http(s) traffic only*. This means
no icmp, rtp, udp, bittorrent etc unless it's tunnelled through
http(s).
An Internet sharing device such as router or a simple NAT box will allow
you to forward all kinds of traffic back and forth to the Internet.
Basically, it allows many computers to share one IP address.
Regards,
Steve
*It does FTP too.
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