Using Fedora as a proxy server

hey all, this is the first time i'm using a group so please forgive any
ignorances, im thinking of using linux as a proxy server at our
company, could any one tell me how this is done, (i know using squid,
but i cant figure out how it works, and the man pages arent very
helpful) i hope u guys can help.

On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 04:48:42 -0700, Searclaw wrote:

> hey all, this is the first time i'm using a group so please forgive any
> ignorances, im thinking of using linux as a proxy server at our
> company, could any one tell me how this is done, (i know using squid,
> but i cant figure out how it works, and the man pages arent very
> helpful) i hope u guys can help.

You might try this link for getting started with Squid:

http://www.siliconvalleyccie.com/linux-adv/squid.htm

If you need additional resources, try Google with the search terms "Squid
HOWTO"...

Randy

Searclaw wrote:
> hey all, this is the first time i'm using a group so please forgive any
> ignorances, im thinking of using linux as a proxy server at our
> company, could any one tell me how this is done, (i know using squid,
> but i cant figure out how it works, and the man pages arent very
> helpful) i hope u guys can help.
>
I know of several e-commerce sites that use Squid in a reverse-proxy
configuration on top of Fedora...it works very, very well. Until a
problem developed while mucking with NIC trunking on the server, the
admin tells me that the uptime of the box was nearly 290 days. He also
made the mistake of not rotating out the logs, and the 32 counter limit
was reached on log file size. This was the only time Squid misbehaved.
Otherwise, it's as solid as a rock...I've never seen their site go down
in over a year since implementation.

Good luck!