Re: [gentoo-user] Proxy questions

2012-01-25 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 25 Jan 2012 17:11:36 fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 06:14:22PM +, Mick wrote: > > On Tuesday 24 Jan 2012 17:08:43 fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > > I'm not entirely clear of your use case scenarios and the constraints you > > are trying to address with a proxy (e.g.

Re: [gentoo-user] Proxy questions

2012-01-25 Thread felix
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 06:14:22PM +, Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 24 Jan 2012 17:08:43 fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > > I know, in general, what proxies do -- caching, filtering, and > > bypassing firewalls. I have even written a couple of very special > > purpose proxies. Now I need one for work, a

Re: [gentoo-user] Proxy questions

2012-01-24 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 24 Jan 2012 17:08:43 fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > I know, in general, what proxies do -- caching, filtering, and > bypassing firewalls. I have even written a couple of very special > purpose proxies. Now I need one for work, and don't realy want to > write another custom special purpose

[gentoo-user] Proxy questions

2012-01-24 Thread felix
I know, in general, what proxies do -- caching, filtering, and bypassing firewalls. I have even written a couple of very special purpose proxies. Now I need one for work, and don't realy want to write another custom special purpose when it seems there must be a canned one which can do the job. W