Re: Blocking Port 80

Basically you have 4 options:

1) Configure you most prominent router to redirect port 80 using packet
filtering rules. As I am not the router guy in my company, I have no idea
how to go about doing this.

2) Write a proxy.pac that points your user's browsers at your cache, and
then tell them all about it (this is how my systems all work).

3) Instruct all your users on how to manually set their browsers to use
your cache. I tried this once... One word: Arghhh! It's a very scary
concept.

4) Stick a Linux box in between your users and routers and use the
transparent proxy stuff that is now a part of the Linux kernel.

There are probably other ways to do it, but these are the ways I am
familiar with. I think option #2 above is the best way, and if you
absolutly MUST redirect the port, then you're probably best off doing it
in the router unless your users are going through linux boxes anyway.

        -Bill

On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, Chuck Pitre wrote:

> I posted a few inquiries a couple of weeks ago about blocking port 80.
> Now I finally got around to setting this up and I have question.. If I
> filter out port 80 from my router (except for squid's IP).. .how do
> redirect that traffic to the
> squid server???
>
>
> Chuck Pitre chuck@vianet.on.ca
> ViaNet Internet Solutions Technical Consultant
> 128 Larch Street ph: 675-0400
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Received on Mon Jan 12 1998 - 15:24:24 MST