Re: Force Users to use Proxy

Hi Kevin,

The easiest way is to use a firewall, and simply prevent access to the
Internet (or wherever) to all machines except the proxy. This is how I do
it, and apart from a little bitching when you first set it up, it works
very nicely.

Rgds
Richard Stagg

On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Kevin Diffily wrote:

> I am interested in knowing how I can force client browsers on a LAN
> to use a Proxy Server for FTP and HTTP requests. Savvy users can
> always just change their browser preferences so this would require a
> server side solution.
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Richard Stagg
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squid@bae.co.uk
Received on Wed Jun 16 1999 - 09:58:52 MDT