Hi
Giles
Thanks for your valuable information, Also i think by
firewall you don't want to mean the router. It looks like from your
diagram that the router provided by the ISP will be connected to both
LAN switch and also server ( CentOS) on which the squid is running.
Thanks in advance
D Dey
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 4:32 PM, Giles Coochey <giles@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 30/04/2014 11:57, Dwijadas Dey wrote:
>>
>> ISP
>> |
>> |
>> |
>> Linksys Router
>> |
>> |
>> |
>> |
>> Switch
>> | | | | | |
>> | | | | | |
>> PC1 PC2 PC3 PC4 PC5 PC6
>> ^
>> |
>> I want tis as a proxy server, Is it possible ?
>
>
> Yes, but it would be better link this:
>
> ISP
> |
> |
> |
> Firewall-------------------DMZ--------------Proxy Server
> |
> |
> LAN Switch
>
> |
> PC1
> PC2
> PC3
> PC4
> PC5
> PC6
>
> The reasoning behind this is that any system on your internal LAN could
> attempt to take over the IP of the proxy and gain access to the Internet for
> itself. If you put the proxy in a DMZ then it is further protected from this
> kind of attack.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Giles Coochey, CCNP, CCNA, CCNAS
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