> -----Original Message----- > From: Anwar [mailto:anwar.ahmad@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 7:58 AM > To: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: How do I use squid to proxy internal > web servers > to external users > > > Hi Guys, > > I need help confiugring Squid with this configuration. > > I have 2 app server > <http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/Linux/Linux > _Administration/Q_21594094.html#> > that outputs web content > <http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/Linux/Linux > _Administration/Q_21594094.html#> > onto their local web services. Their Win2K > <http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/Linux/Linux > _Administration/Q_21594094.html#> > server running IIS. We don't want these server on DMZ or > accesible over > internet. > What you are looking for is called HTTP Acceleration. See http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-20.html for some good information. > I want to put a proxy server > <http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/Linux/Linux > _Administration/Q_21594094.html#> > where people access this server which would then grab data from the > other two web/app server so that this proxy server can be put on DMZ > while the other two app server remain in LAN. > > Currently I'm using Debian 3.1 with squid. I've got little > knowledge of > squid. I got it working as normal proxy web cache > <http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/Linux/Linux > _Administration/Q_21594094.html#>. > Lan users use it as cache to access internet that's cached through > squid. But what I want to do seem to be the opposite of what > squid does > normally. letting people on the internet access squid as a > proxy to web > content on the LAN without exposing LAN servers. > > My main problem is what I want to achieve. I don't actually want to > filter/proxy my LAN users. I need some way to proxy my to local > webservers on to another server that I can put into DMZ. Said server in the DMZ will need to be able to access your webservers irrespective of what you use. > > I have 2 webservers running Win2K server that I don't dare > put into DMZ. > But I need they're content accessible by people on the internet. > Basically I'd like to configure the proxy to allow external users to > acces the web content through a proxy. Bascially the idea is > that when > someone on the Internet access the proxy server, the proxy > server goes > out and grabs the webcontent from the internal webserver and > gives it to > the external user. Is this possible? > > I was informed I need to use apache for this in conjunction > with squid. > Basically squid grabs the webcontent and apache displays it. I really > have no idea how to do this.... Apache should not be needed in this instance (or could be used in place of Squid via mod_proxy). > > Any ideas? Can squid do this or am I going about things wrongly? > Chris
