[squid-users] Re: transparent proxy + web content filter problem

Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Jan 2005, DurgaPrasad Adusumalli wrote:

>> I am using web proxy content filter (Dansguardian) to scan all
>> outgoing traffic from my LAN. I am using transparent proxying with an
>> iptable rule that forwards all outgoing traffic to web proxy. This
>> setup works but all the browsing activity gets slowed down. When I
>> configure my browser to use proxy Internet access gets faster.

> iptables interception normally does not have any speed difference compared
> to directly configuring the proxy settings.

"Speed" in terms of bandwidth or latency? A site I worked at saw browsing
latency drop significantly after switching away from transparent proxying.

Of course, it could have been something else besides the iptables
redirection - extra DNS lookups, perhaps?

Adam
Received on Thu Jan 20 2005 - 16:40:41 MST