Re: [K12OSN] Squid and SquidGuard help

Kirk Rheinlander (kirk@kpj2.com)
Wed, 27 Mar 2002 08:04:57 -0700


Securing and Optimizing Linux: RedHat Edition -A Hands on Guide
http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/solrhe/Securing-Optimizing-Linux-RH-Edition-v1.3/chap28sec227.html

Kirk

At 07:36 PM 3/26/2002, David Trask wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Been awhile, but I'm at it again.  Many of you may have heard that the
>State of Maine is giving laptops to every single 7th and 8th grader
>statewide beginning this fall.  That means a whole lotta' computers are
>dropping in on my network in a hurry.  I need a proxy server...and bad!  I
>also currently run a redirected filtering service from N2H2 (Bess).  I
>unfortunately didn't take the added computers into account when I budgeted
>for the Bess filtering service (simply a proxy server offsite that
>provides our filtering).
>
>Today I used my K12lLTSP 2.0 discs to install (custom) RH 7.2 and Squid
>w/SquidGuard on a PIII 667mhz with 128mb RAM and a 10gb HDD   (one
>NIC...do I need two?...I just want it to sit somehwere on my network...not
>like a gateway).  After a lot of friggin' around I finally got Squid to
>work (I think...I set my browser to proxy to the IP of the machine and
>port 3128...and it went out OK), but not SquidGuard.  I followed Eric's
>directions to no avail.  I think I'm not getting Squid right....I'm trying
>to basically do a simple stock install with no major modifications at this
>point....I simply want to see it work and then I'll worry about tweaking
>it.  Can any provide me with or direct me to a simple easy to follow
>How-To for Squid.  I tried the Linux Doc Project and it was not very
>helpful....I want easy to follow steps to get Squid up and running and
>then maybe I can get Eric's directions for SquidGuard to work.
>
>Would I be better off using a RH 7.2 disc and installing from there as
>opposed to using the K12LTSP disc?  Maybe I was too tired, but it seemed
>as if some stuff didn't end up in the directories it was supposed to.  I'd
>appreciate any help ya'll can give me.  Thanks!
>
>PS....it looks like our budget will probably pass and I'll be able to get
>my BEAST (server) for my K12LTSP for this fall.  :-)
>
>David N. Trask
>Technology Teacher/Coordinator
>Vassalboro Community School
>dtrask@vcs.u52.k12.me.us
>(207)923-3100
>
>
>
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