> >> 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.
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> 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.
Which still won't work for HTTP 1.0, because it does not pass the host
information in the request.
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Tom