Re: [PLUG] rhel proxy

[JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org>]

> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:57:58 -0500
> From: Ron Kaye <rkaye2@csc.com>
> Subject: [PLUG] rhel proxy
> 
> I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THIS REQUEST:
> 
> We have a rack of servers that are isolated from the world and only 
> accessed thru a VPN server. 
> We need to be able to get out to the internet to pull patches, etc 
> so I requested internet access from one IP that we'll use as a proxy 
> server for the rest of the kit.
> 
> It is running RH and I'd like socks proxy or equivelent set up. 
> 
> ANY SUGGESTIONS ON A PATH FORWARD?

I've used https://sourceforge.net/projects/http-replicator/ for that 
very purpose.  In theory you could also use Squid, though as I 
understand it Squid will tend to try to keep lots of little pages at the 
expense of  a few large one; the opposite of what you need to do.

I haven't used it in a few years since I switched from RH to 
Debian/Ubuntu.  There are a couple of cool ones in the Debian/Ubuntu 
repos (e.g., approx, apt-cacher), but "HTTP Replicator" is the only one 
I know of on the Red Hat side.  (Not 100% sure it's in yum, come to 
think of it.)

Good luck,
JP
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