[sclug] IPCop as a proxy server

[Neil Haughton]

Hi Tom,

No, it shows WebServer as Stopped. That appears to be the nub of my 
problem, but I can't figure out how to start it, or why it isn't running 
after the proxy served is 'enabled'

Neil Haughton

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> Subject:
> Re: [sclug] IPCop as a proxy server
> From:
> Tom Dawes-Gamble <tmdg at tmdg.co.uk>
> Date:
> 18 Aug 2003 21:22:30 +0000
> To:
> Silcon Coridor Linux User Group <sclug at sclug.org.uk>
>
>
>Hi,
>
>	If you look at you IPCop web interface 
>http://10.10.10.1:445/cgi-bin/status.cgi does it show the web-proxy as
>running?  
>
>Tom.
>
>On Mon, 2003-08-18 at 19:47, Neil Haughton wrote:
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>>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.
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>>>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:
>>> 
>>>
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>>>
>>>>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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