[X-Unix] OT: Web proxy?

[Eric F Crist]

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On Aug 28, 2005, at 7:12 AM, John Harrold wrote:

> Sometime in August Eric F Crist assaulted the keyboard and produced:
>
> | Hello list!
> |
> | I was wondering if anyone had a solution or was aware of one that
> | would allow me to proxy websites through my server, remotely.  I
> | often go to customer sites that block web-based email and other web
> | sites.  What I would like to do is something like enter in the
> | following address in the address bar to go to hotmail:
> |
> | proxy.secure-computing.net/?go=www.hotmail.com
> |
> | and have it load the page, etc and bypass the proxy servers of these
> | clients.  I'm thinking this is going to break SSL and such, though.
>
>
> Have you thought about using squid? It's free and it works well. I  
> normally
> run it on the telnet port since most corporate firewalls will allow  
> traffic
> through that port.
>
> -- 

John,

How, exactly, would that operate?  Would it be as simple as I stated  
above, or would it require reconfiguration of the web browser on the  
client's machine?

Thanks.

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Eric F Crist                  "I am so smart, S.M.R.T!"
Secure Computing Networks              -Homer J Simpson

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