[NTLUG:Discuss] proxies?

[Chris Cox]

This is certainly one solution.  You can also do network address
translation or masquerading to allow multiple computers
to access using a single IP.  Either way should work.  The
NAT solution will prevent you from having to create proxies for
every service though... of course if it's just web, a caching
proxy could buy you much on slow connection (of course, with
cable... may not be an issue).

I do both here on my cable connection.  The proxy I use is
squid and I use it for URL filtering as well as handling
url redirection (mainly to eliminate all advertisements... using
a modified adzap).  At my church, normal users just use
the proxy (only priveledged hosts are using NAT to go direct,
others are blocked by the firewall).  I develop enhancements
to the proxy at the church using my setup at home.

I recommend proxy setups if you want to do filtering of
what people are doing.  Just NAT works fine otherwise.

My two cents,
Chris

Dennis Myhand wrote:
> 
> Hi All:
> 
> Just has a discussion with the cable internet company who services me
> (and, Yes, I do mean that in the livestock manner as well as being my
> ISP).  It seems that now they want an extra $5.00 per month for another
> IP for my wife's machine to access the internet.
> 
> My question is, if I put another NIC in my machine, can my machine then
> become a caching proxy server so she can access the 'Net through my one
> connection?  I see the setup as the cable modem connecting to eth1, and
> the hub for our network connecting to eth0.  I assume my computer would
> basically become a router.  Have I got this straight?  Thanks, Dennis in
> Victoria
> 
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