Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:12:28 +0200 From: Zbigniew Szalbot <zbigniew@szalbot.homedns.org> To: P.U.Kruppa <ulrich@pukruppa.net> Cc: Freebsd questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: home lan with freebsd as gateway / security issues Message-ID: <4003abc03a71e5f58ec5d46fc3c3d6ed@szalbot.homedns.org> In-Reply-To: <20070828174355.E83792@small> References: <20070828174355.E83792@small>
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Hi, On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:01:02 +0200 (CEST), "P.U.Kruppa" <ulrich@pukruppa.net> wrote: >> do not need. My question is more general, though, I would simply like to >> know if there's any simple way to put the box behind a router and sitll > be >> able to do transparent proxying of requests originating from my LAN? > Yes: generally spoken: a gateway/proxy is what you tell your > client machines to use as a gateway/proxy. You can just set it > anywhere in your network and make it suck its data from your > router. > Transparent proxying might be a bit difficult to set up at times > but you can start with an ordinary cache-proxy (called by > requests on port 8080 or something). > As long as your kids don't have admin rights on their > workstations, they won't be able to change it. > > By the way: blocking single addresses or even some expressions > won't keep anyone from watching bad pages - all one needs is > google and some patience. I use dansguardian it is much more than a simple page block. DG is a very useful tool. > So - sorry for adding educational hints - talk to your children > first and explain the meaning of the word trust to them. When > they really believe they have to deceive you, they probably will > be able to live without a computer for some time. Absolutely - that's what I do. I only want to prevent situations where kids by accident go to bad sites (spoofed urls, and the like). I do not have a problem of kids trying to cheat me. > > Sorry, this really was off topic. No problem. I appreciate all advice. I can always learn something, can't I? -- Zbigniew Szalbot www.slowo.pl www.lcwords.com
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