Re: packet redirection
Jacob H. Suter (jsuter@moon.intrastar.net)
Thu, 21 Aug 1997 00:29:21 -0500
>> modem user makes request to somewhere.on.the.net:80, then because of the
>> redirection rules, it redirect that packet to one cirtain box, say
>> proxy.intrastar.net:3128, or something like that.
>>
>> Is this possable? If not, consider it an RFE.
>
> ... but it won't do what you want though. You can redirect HTTP
>protocol requests to a proxy server. You need to tell the client it is
>talking to a proxy.
Not anymore... Squid proxy can read http headers without the client even
knowing what hit them... the advantage is when you turn off the proxy (or
it dies, etc) you can take off the redirect and everything keep going
business-as-usual.
JS