[plug] Dial on demand proxy.

[Steve Baker]

On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Michael Hunt wrote:

> Hi ya all,
> 
> Hope you all had a good weekend. Some questions about a dial on demand
> server that I am trying to build.
> 
> 1. How do you get a proxy server under Linux to dial an internet service
> provider on demand, i.e. when a client opens up there browser etc.
> 2. Can this be done with the tools on a plain Jane RedHat 5.2 CD or do I
> have to look at downloading some utils from the web.

There is a 'demand' option built into pppd, and a few related options, 
that bring the link up when it sees a packet to go over the link and 
bring it down after a specified period of inactivity.  But, it's broken 
with 2.0 kernels (I spent quite some time trying to hack it to work, 
before 2.2 was released).  Put in a 2.2.1 kernel and it will work 
beautifully.

> 3. I am planning to use squid for my proxy server, can squid handle socks
> requests ? I have clients who use ICQ from there windows box on an Intranet
> (192,168.1.*) who want to still be able to do this with the Linux box I am
> putting in.

bakes
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