hi, i am having a problem with my setup in having my web cam and me viewing other's web cam. please help! 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.3 | | | ---------------- | | ------------------| | | linuxbox | | INTERNET------- adsl router ---------| squid|--------------- LAN--- 192.168.1.0/32 |-------------------| | | avira | | ---------------- | 192.168.1.2 the rules: iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080 --- this redirects http traffic to port 8080 in which my avira anti virus is listening and my squid proxy server on the very same machine connects to 8080 in which all scanned http traffic is forwarded. my squid proxy http_port 3128 icp_port 3130 #---------squid's avira antivirus at config 2------------- cache_peer 192.168.1.2 parent 8080 0 no-query default cache_mem 128 MB cache_dir ufs /var/squid/cache 100 16 256 cache_access_log /var/log/squid/access.log cache_log /var/log/squid/cache.log cache_store_log /var/log/squid/store.log emulate_httpd_log off mime_table /etc/squid/mime.conf pid_filename /var/run/squid.pid acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 #----------will never direct any connection------------------------- never_direct allow all acl manager proto cache_object acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255 acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 acl SSL_ports port 443 563acl Safe_ports port 80 # http acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp acl Safe_ports port 443 563 # https, snews acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http acl Safe_ports port 6660-6669 # ircd acl locallan src 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 acl CONNECT method CONNECT http_access allow manager localhost http_access deny manager #http_access deny !Safe_ports http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports http_access allow localhost http_access allow locallan http_access deny all cache_mgr ponytelltale@xxxxxxxxx cache_effective_user squid cache_effective_group squid cache_effective_user squid even with my antivirus turn off i cant still view others web cam. but i can view them if i go directly to the adsl modem. please help me.... TIA yazy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com