[plug] squid + ssh & mail [network newbie]

[Ben Jensz]

Squid = web proxy

You have to setup masquerading on the "PC/server" so the laptop clients 
can get access to the net with things that aren't going through the 
proxy, i.e. your email and ssh to external.

HTH :)


/ Ben

sol wrote:

> On Sunday I set up my PC to act as a server (squid, apache, wu-ftpd, 
> sshd) for two client laptops. It was a first-timers effort but 
> everything went really well. However, I do have a couple of small 
> problems. The clients can't receive mail from the remote servers, only 
> the local server. And whilst I can ssh into the local server (my PC) I 
> can't ssh beyond that. I can use mail (imap client - mozilla) and ssh 
> to remote domains using the PC but not laptop clients which can only 
> access the PC/server. The clients just can't locate external domains 
> except using web browsers which have been configured for the squid proxy.
>
> I thought that this was related to client ssh and client mail 
> configurations, but I've been messing around with the mail 
> configurations and can't seem to get any mail client to recognise the 
> external mailserver domain. Is there something I need to tweak in 
> squid.conf? Does ssh client have options that allow use of a proxy to 
> go to external domains? Is this a proxy server problem or a proxy 
> client problem?
>
> thankyou,
> sol
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