Squid question

[Tim Wunder]

On Monday 22 December 2003 12:04 pm, someone claiming to be Douglas J Hunley 
wrote:
> Tim Wunder wrote:
> > While I'm googling for the answer to this question, I figgerd I'd also
> > ask here.
> > I've configured and installed squid with squidGuard and it workd,
> > provided I configure my browser to use the proxy service at
> > 192.168.1.2:3128. When the browser is configured (in this case,
> > MozillaFirebird) to connect directly to the internet, the proxy is
> > bypassed.
> > How can I force the use of the proxy server, even if the browser isn't
> > configured to use it? Would this be a firewall configuration?
>
> what you're looking for is called 'transparent proxy'. and the easiest way
> ot mess w/ your firewall. note that squid will need as little tweaking to
> run in this mode

So do you recommend transparent proxy? It's hard for me to tell from what you 
typed :-(. From what I've read at squid-cahce.org, transparent proxying is 
not recommended. 
Thanks, 
Tim

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