On Wednesday 03 May 2006 12:03, Chris Robertson wrote: So why can't I use squid that is a proxy as I have been told? And how? Back the the origin of this discussion.... > yves wrote: > >On Tuesday 02 May 2006 15:43, Chris Robertson wrote: > >Ok then I am more than confused. > >When I had windows installed I used a proxy to access the net from my > > machines on my small network. So in this case what do I need to be able > > to use the linux machine as a protection and access to the Internet for > > http but also for smtp and pop3? > >Thanks > >yves > > Well, you have a couple choices. You can set the Linux box up to NAT > (or masquerade) your connection > (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/IP-Masquerade-HOWTO/ for example) or you can > find a SOCKS proxy that works on Linux, and use that to proxy > connections to the Internet for those applications that support it. > > Chris -- Welcome to http://www.ybdigitals.com
