Re: squid & wingate

         I disagree. If you're talking for Network Address Translation ONLY
for HTTP/HTTPS access, YES squid does it very well. And about hiding the
local network IP address, you can look at squid.conf file:

# TAG: forwarded_for on|off
# If set, Squid will include your system's IP address or name
# in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like
# this:
#
# X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
#
# If you disable this, it will appear as
#
# X-Forwarded-For: unknown
#
forwarded_for off

         BUT if you're talking as a WHOLE NAT, just like Wingate + Wingate
Client, NO, Squid does not provide that. You should look at IP
Masquerading. Try this page. It's called "The Compleat Idiot's Guide to
Transparent Proxy with Linux and Squid" (
http://www.unxsoft.com/transproxy.html )...... it's a GREAT place to start
understanding about IP Masquerading. You should also try IPCHAINS-HOWTO .....

At 12:22 17/05/00 +0100, you wrote:
>At 15:23 16/05/00 +0700, Slamet Pramono wrote:
>>In wingate, local network ip address is hided. Can squid be network
>>address translation like that ?
>>
>>Thx for the attention.
>
>Err, the answer to this is both 'yes' and 'no'.
>
>Yes, Squid does have privacy options which can disable the disclosure of
>information about the client machine to the web site being contacted. See
>the squid.conf file for details.
>
>No, Squid does not provide NAT functionality (in the true meaning of the
>term). However, Linux /does/ provide a facility for IP masquerading which
>is one aspect of a NAT. Squid on Linux is an excellent combination.
>
>Regards
>
>Martin A. Brooks
>------------------------------------
>The package said Windows NT 4 or better - I installed Linux.
Received on Wed May 17 2000 - 06:03:18 MDT