Hi, I have a small network with ADSL Internet service provided with a router. I have this machine (RedHat 9.0) and another machine (windows98) in the network. I just want to provide Internet access to the windows98 machine via some proxy intaled in my RedHat PC. This is all I want!! Thanks for help A Qui, 2003-11-27 Ãs 02:15, Pete Nesbitt escreveu: > On November 26, 2003 06:40 am, Paula Fernandes wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I am a newbye, so sorry for this question! > > > > How can I (and what kind of) configure a proxy server under my redhat > > 9.0 machine? > > > > I have a network with a win98 machine. I want this machine to have > > Internet access via my redhat machine. This is why I need a proxy... > > > > Thanks for help > > > Hi Paula, > are you after a proxy to cache web content or are you after a firewall to sit > infront of the win98 (and whatever else) to access the internet. If you only > have one local machine you probably arn't after a web caching proxy like > squid, but just need to set up a second network card in the Linux box and > create a firewall that would show all outbound traffic as coming from one IP. > That is easy and everything is probably installed. > > If that is the case I'm sure there will be lots of opinions on the best rules > set, but either way you will likely just set up IPtables then create rules > via /etc/init.d/iptables ot in /etc/sysconfig/iptables. Of course there are > several tools to help with this if you prefer not to edit files manually. > > Please let us know what functionality your Red Hat gateway need to provide. > -- > Pete Nesbitt, rhce > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
