Install a Proxy Server – Privoxy
March 9, 2006 Posted by KP
Occasionally, some websites are unreachable due to weird network problems. Setting up a proxy server on our own server would be a very convenient solution, it’s also safer than using a proxy which we know nothing about.
I tried Privoxy. It’s very easy to use and worked well.
Installation
# cd /usr/ports/www/privoxy
# make install clean
# rehash
The configuration file is /usr/local/etc/privoxy/config, there is one line which must be changed:
listen-address 127.0.0.1:8118
The IP should be changed to your server’s IP address. Also, it’s better to use a non-default port number for security reasons.
Start Privoxy
# privoxy /usr/local/etc/privoxy/config
Now you can configure your browser or other Internet software with the listen-address configured above.
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Filed Under: Misc
March 9th, 2006 at 11:07 pm
try squid proxy.
you can run it transparently, meaning the clients don’t have to be reconfigured. the server’s firewall software can do a redirect.
Here’s how to do in OpenBSD.
http://www.benzedrine.cx/transquid.html
March 10th, 2006 at 9:45 am
Thanks for the info, joe. I only made a search under ports with “proxy” and Privoxy came up as the first result.
March 10th, 2006 at 1:05 pm
I can attest to how good Squid is. I run 2 Squid proxies, configured for automatic fail-over, for a large userbase of developers.
If you configure the `cache_peer’ directive properly you can have your machines sharing their cache too – so the failover is even more seamless.
Hendrik and and the guys over at squid-users@squid-cache.org are nice and helpful too. It’s worth sitting on the mailing list as some quite interesting topics pop up every now-and-again.