Re: [squid-users] Transparent Proxy

No. You are incorrect. Squid would only receive requests directed to
the local IP if configured that way, while the OS would either route all
other packets directly or drop/refuse/ignore them (depending on how the
machine is configured with regard to routing).

Port redirection hijacks traffic destined for all the other IPs and
points them over to Squid (regardless of Squid's listening port).

You still need some form of port redirection.

James wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> To have the transparent proxying,
>
> Can I run squid in port 80 and set that machine as my default gateway,
> so there is no need for the port redirection?
>
> Am I correct here.
>
> Only squid is running in that machine.

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                      Joe Cooper <joe@swelltech.com>
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Received on Fri Aug 24 2001 - 01:57:01 MDT