[sclug] IPCop as a proxy server

[Neil Haughton]

Hi,

Am I missing something here? I can't telnet to 10.10.10.1 800  
(Connection Refused), but I can ping it.

Enabling the proxy doesn't seem to start it, even after a shutdown. 
Puzzling.

Neil.



> Subject:
> Re: [sclug] IPCop as a proxy server
> From:
> Tom Dawes-Gamble <tmdg at tmdg.co.uk>
> Date:
> 17 Aug 2003 17:55:56 +0000
> To:
> Silcon Coridor Linux User Group <sclug at sclug.org.uk>
>
>
>Hi,
>
>I just enabled the proxy on my system.  I may have things set a bit
>differently.  
>
>I have dns set up so that I can use hostnames rather than ip addresses.
>
>So I clicked Enabled and Transparent and Save  Then services show the
>proxy as running.
>
>I then set up my galeon browser to use ipcop.tmdg.co.uk that  resolves
>to my gateway address port 800 and I can surf the web still.  
>
>Just to make sure your proxy is running you can telnet to 10.10.10.1 800
>and you should connect.  Hit return a couple of times you should get
>some HTML back that is the error page.
>
>Tom.
>
>On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 17:22, Neil Haughton wrote:
>  
>
>>Can anyone help me with a problem getting IPCop to serve as a proxy 
>>server? V1.3.0 is what I am using. The IPCop documentation is pretty 
>>straight forward and I have done exactly what it says.
>>
>>I have it running as a firewall (DHCP on the Internet side, 10.10.10.1 
>>on the LAN side) and it does fine with the proxy server option disabled, 
>>but if I enable the proxy server bit and point my browser to the proxy 
>>IP address (10.10.10.1) and port 800 (as per instructions), my browser 
>>cannot connect. IPCop also shows the proxy web server as not running, 
>>even though it also shows it as enabled. If I turn on the transparent 
>>proxy option and point my browser direct to the internet, I still cannot 
>>connect.
>>
>>The problem is probably that the proxy server part isn't running, but 
>>why not, and what do I do to start it?
>>
>>I'm a Unix novice, so be gentle with me. ;-)
>>
>>Neil Haughton
>>
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