fedora as http proxy (squid?)??

jjd228 · 04-09-2008, 02:19 PM

i have fedora 8 running at home and want to use it as a web proxy from work to get by certain filters. what is the quickest, simplest method to do this? i see that squid is installed by default but i have no idea if its running or configured. i would like it to listen on maybe port 8888 and allow access to anyone from anywhere without needing a username/password.

thanks in advance!

acid_kewpie · 04-09-2008, 02:24 PM

while we are naturally inclined to say that if that's your companies policy, then tough, you're better off using a socks proxy than an http proxy for this really, vastly simpler. on windows putty can acts as this and just needs an ssh server remotely to connect to.

jjd228 · 04-09-2008, 02:26 PM

ok... ssh is running at home, how would i use putty to do this from work?

acid_kewpie · 04-09-2008, 02:43 PM

you'd read the putty docs, and google for "putty socks" or something