Samba as a gateway

[Brian Ginter]

The correct address for the squid web site is: http://www.squid-cache.org/

Dieter Speck <d.speck at gmx.net> said:

> Dear Matthew,
> 
> Samba is not the right tool! There are two ways:
> 
> either use ipchains to make transparent forwarding
> or use a proxy (i.e. squid (www.squid.org)
> 
> The good thing about ipchains is that you can configure whatever type of 
> connection you would like the Windows computer to have and you can 
> configure a firewall too.
> The bad thing is that you have to know how. But there is a lot of 
> documentation coming with ipchains and you find much more on the web.
> 
> The good thing about a proxy is that it is simple and efficient for 
> browsing the web.
> The bad point is that you have no direct email, news etc.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Dieter
> 
> PS: ipchains usually is included in Linux distributions. However, you 
> better get the latest version to avoid security bugs.
> 
> At 05:07 21.12.00, you wrote:
> >Hi there, I've been looking into setting up a Linux computer and a 
> >Windows98 toaster.. uh computer.. on a network, and am now to the stage 
> >where I want the Linux computer to make a dial-up ppp connection to the 
> >internet, and the Windows98 box to connect through it via the ethernet. 
> >Someone pointed me to www.samba.org and I was just wondering if/how one 
> >would go about using Samba as a gateway, or if you can't, what you'd suggest.
> 
> 



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