my curiosity question:

In normal windows proxy server, we have to specify from which ip (eth0) we connect to internet and to which ip (eth1) we connect to clients. But how squid automatically finds out to connect to ips.

hoping for ur help.

as i know squid listents to all interfaces by the defaults. u must define clients (acl) and allow them to access internet. squid allow only localhost by the default.

do u ask differencies between M$ ISA and squid?
squid is a only cache proxy server. it is not complex as ISA.

if u wanna do like M$ ISA configuration, i can advice u to use squid in transparent mode. so u can configure iptables and squid together. also u wont have to configure browsers of clients.

here is necessary lines for squid.conf for transparent proxy:
httpd_accel_host virtual
httpd_accel_port 80
httpd_accel_with_proxy on
httpd_accel_uses_host_header on

here is iptables redirect command for transparent proxy:
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -s local_net/subnet -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 3128

by the default squid listents to port 3128.
all http requests come from local network will be redirected to the 3128 port of linux. squid will check only http requests in transparent modes. other protocols must be controlled by iptables.

and another advice. use squidGuard to block addware warez porn and etc... it works well here.

www.squid-cache.org
www.squidguard.org
www.netfilter.org

This is normally achieved by (asssuming two interfaces):-

starting squid on localhost, configuring iptables to accept and deny on eth0 and eth1

or to be a bit more secure

starting squid by binding to the IP address of the interface. Your netstat output will look like xx.xx.xx.xx:PORT and not *.* LISTEN. Configure IPtables.


squid-users mailing list is your best bet.

linuxxed
you still say sendmail??
we say qmail here.

i love linux because of this. u dont have to choose only one software. there are lots of choices.