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ybotspawn

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Proxy Server?

Does anyone have any recommendation for a proxy server?  I'm building an archlinux environment for my usb drive and I wanted to be able to connect to my home network, as a proxy server.

Thansk!

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fukawi2

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Re: Proxy Server?

I don't quite understand what you're trying to achieve... You want to run a proxy at home then connect to the internet via that proxy when you're away from home and using your USB drive?

"Squid" is a common proxy server daemon.

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ybotspawn

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Re: Proxy Server?

Yes, I want to have a live installatin on my thumb drive, but be able to connect to certain 'work restricted' websites.  The problem with this is many of the proxy servers out there, my work already has blocked.  So I want to make my home server (arch) a proxy server for just me.  Savvy?

Matt

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fukawi2

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Re: Proxy Server?

Yes - makes sense (even though if you were in my network I'd kick yur butt )

Squid is what you want. You'll need to use iptables (or other firewall) to limit the incoming connections to your proxy to only be from your work's IP address, otherwise you'll be running an open proxy which is just asking for trouble.

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Squid

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Ruckus

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Re: Proxy Server?

I just use SSH tunneling.

fukawi2

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Re: Proxy Server?

I just use SSH tunneling.

Setting up a new tunnel for each destination is a pain in the butt. And even more of a pain for websites on shared servers and serve Virtual Hosts.

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Ruckus

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Re: Proxy Server?

I just use SSH tunneling.

Setting up a new tunnel for each destination is a pain in the butt. And even more of a pain for websites on shared servers and serve Virtual Hosts.

Use dynamic tunneling or what ever, you just set firefox to use a socks five proxy at localhost:port, and then it does dns and everything through the tunnel. See here: http://wiki.freaks-unidos.net/weblogs/a … ssh-tunnel

fukawi2

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Re: Proxy Server?

http://wiki.freaks-unidos.net/weblogs/a … ssh-tunnel

That is cool. I didn't know that - thanks

ybotspawn - that seems like a much simpler solution!

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Re: Proxy Server?

http://wiki.freaks-unidos.net/weblogs/a … ssh-tunnel

That is cool. I didn't know that - thanks

ybotspawn - that seems like a much simpler solution!

FYI, im not sure of you particular setup, but what I have is an array of portable programs installed onto my flash drive at like

A hidden folder named Applications, (it's hidden under windows, i need this setup for while im on a random windows PC). Install each portable application inside of the Applications folder in it's own sub folder, then create shortcuts and put them in the PortableWin32 folder. You have to be sure to edit the shortcut of each windows shortcut and make the "Start In" folder empty, but leave the target alone, that way if you plug the USB stick into another windows computer, and it gets assigned a different drive letter, it will still find the target exe. I tunnell all Firefox and Pidgin traffic over my dreamhost.com account (I don't think they track SSH bw usage), and from home I tunnel samba off of my private dev server to my PC at work so I can work on any side projects while I'm goofing off. (I'm a clerk in a an adult book/video store). Also, while at work, when someone uses a creditcard to pay for an Item, the business DSL gets kicked offline for about 30 seconds, so I ended up getting a modified putty that reconnects on disconnect and using SSH keys so it re-connects for me automatically.

SSH is a really powerfull tool.

ybotspawn

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From: Oz

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Re: Proxy Server?

Wow, cool ideas, I'll have to give implementing these a go next week, thanks guys!

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