Hi Jason This works for me on RedHat9... Squid config mods for transparent proxying : http_port 3128 httpd_accel_host virtual httpd_accel_port 80 httpd_accel_with_proxy on httpd_accel_uses_host_header on Basic IPTABLES setup: #!/bin/bash # enable ip forward echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward /sbin/iptables --flush /sbin/iptables -t nat --flush /sbin/iptables -t mangle --flush /sbin/iptables --policy INPUT ACCEPT /sbin/iptables --policy OUTPUT ACCEPT /sbin/iptables --policy FORWARD ACCEPT /sbin/iptables -t nat --policy PREROUTING ACCEPT /sbin/iptables -t nat --policy OUTPUT ACCEPT /sbin/iptables -t nat --policy POSTROUTING ACCEPT /sbin/iptables -t mangle --policy PREROUTING ACCEPT /sbin/iptables -t mangle --policy OUTPUT ACCEPT # enable destination port redirect from 80 to 3128 /sbin/iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j \ REDIRECT --to-port 3128 Cheers Craig On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 23:21, Jason Cook wrote: > I am trying to install Linux as a firewall and caching > server with iptables and Linux. I > need to do this transparently. > > I installed Red Hat Linux 9. Ran all of the updates > nice and smooth. Turned on ip forwarding. > Configured Squid...and tested it by specifying the > servers ip address and port 3128 from the > browser. Works great. Here the options I had changed > in the config file. > > http_port 3128 > http_access deny to_localhost > acl our_networks src 10.0.0.0/8 > http_access allow our_networks > httpd_accel_host virtual > httpd_accel_port 80 > httpd_accel_with_proxy on > httpd_accel_uses_host_header on > > For iptables I used > iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth1 -p tcp --dport > 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 3128 > > I then try to browse the internet from a client > through the firewall and nothing. > > When I run iptables -t nat -nv -L > > Chain PREROUTING (policy ACCEPT 31254 packets, 3971K > bytes) > pkts bytes target prot opt in out source > destination > 0 0 REDIRECT tcp -- eth1 * > 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:80 > redir ports 3128 > > PREROUTING is accepting packets...but none are > processes by the redirect rule. > > > I've been pulling my hair out for about a week. Can > anyone help? > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. > http://photos.yahoo.com/