Re: [squid-users] Transparent proxy questions.

On 2002.10.12_20:27:28_+0000, Chris Oxenreider wrote:
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> Hi,
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Hi Chris,

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> 1) Router based policy redirects (output extended-access-lists?).
> (This is monstrously hard on the router cpu, and very slow.)

WCCP may be what you want. It /transparently/ redirect web traffic to
the proxy, and bypass it when the proxy is down.

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> 5) Insert a second network card in the proxy and turn it in to a
> bridge as seen in Figure 2 and setup the firewall rules accordingly.
> Though I have not seen anything on the list so far that looks like a
> 'how-to' for this.
>

Combining bridging and port redirection would do the trick. Many people
have done it. You may want to solve a problem to allow ALL the traffic
to pass through if the proxy is down. A relay between two
interfaces that will automatically on when the proxy is off is one of
the solution come to mind.

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