[TriLUG] I want to build an HTTP Proxy for Home

[Roy Vestal]

I have very small children and I want to control what comes in. With that
said, I was looking at my router and it may be able to do it. However, I'd
prefer a true proxy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Monjar" <dan at daijin.dissimulo.com>
To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] I want to build an HTTP Proxy for Home


> --On Sunday, August 01, 2004 01:56:15 PM -0400 Roy Vestal
> <rvestal at trilug.org> wrote:
>
> > I want to build an HTTP Proxy for my home network. I'd like to use an
> > old notebook I have lying around. It's a P-90, 40MB RAM, 2GB HDD. Not
> > much of a machine, but for my use it should be plenty. I'm planning on
> > using Debian stable on it simply because FC1/2 and WBEL are just too
> > dang big and the notebook doesn't meet the requirements.
> >
> > Anyway, I was thinking of using Squid. Didn't know if anyone else had
> > suggestions or experience that they'd like to share. Anyone know of
> > howto's? I haven't check TLDP yet.
>
> Educate me please, how would having a proxy on that size machine for just
a
> few users help you?  I've always viewed proxies as helping when you have
> lots of memory for the cache and lots of users to take advantage of it.
> Not flammage, just an honest question.
>
> That said, I, too, have used Squid for quite a few years, inside the
> business, with great success.
>
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> Dan Monjar
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