Proxy server setup on linux?

[acctman]

Anyone know of a good tutorial or module to install for setting up a proxy server on a RHEL box. just need something simple for personal use.

[Babaganoosh]

What are you wanting to do?

[acctman]

Originally Posted by Babaganoosh

What are you wanting to do?

I created a new user registration process that allows new members to retrieve there extended profile information from my competitor if they have an account on that site. harmless (most people copy the info over anyway) but i'm pretty sure my competitor would block my site IP even though the newuser is request thee own info from a public (no login needed) profile. So I figure setup a proxy and it wont be noticeable.

i don't mind share my concept/idea ex: say you have profile on plentyoffish and you join my site instead of writing you description and what your looking for all over again. you type in your username and within a sec its ported over instant profile all u have to do is confirm your acct upload a pic and fill out any unique options and you're done. not building a dating site but just an example.

[BIGTYMER]

You can do that with PHP by itself.

[acctman]

Originally Posted by BIGTYMER

You can do that with PHP by itself.

correct. I've written my script in php using simple_html_dom, works perfectly. I added in some proxy coding and tested with a public proxy. Now I just need to setup my own privately controlled proxy IP (server) so I can have complete control over the speed/uptime. any ideas on how to setup a proxy server on RHEL?

[acctman]

ok found the answer if anyone is interested here's the setup below... I went with option 2

someone told me to do this:
Option: 1

ssh -ND 1234 user@ip

Setup your web browser to SOCKS proxy and localhost:1234

Option: 2

1-apt-get install squid3
2-mv /etc/squid3/squid.conf /etc/squid3/squid.conf.orig
3-nano /etc/squid3/squid.conf

and paste following:


########################################
#Recommended minimum configuration:
acl manager proto cache_object
acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32
acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8
acl SSL_ports port 443
acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
acl Safe_ports port 443 # https
acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
acl CONNECT method CONNECT
http_access allow manager localhost
http_access deny manager
http_access deny !Safe_ports
http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
http_access allow localhost
#http_access deny all
icp_access deny all
htcp_access deny all
http_port 3128
hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
access_log /var/log/squid3/access.log squid
refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
refresh_pattern (cgi-bin|\?) 0 0% 0
refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320

auth_param basic program /usr/lib/squid3/ncsa_auth /etc/squid3/squid_passwd
auth_param basic children 5
auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours

acl ncsaauth proxy_auth REQUIRED
http_access allow ncsaauth

forwarded_for off

###########
#IMPORTANT
#change 12.34.56.71 and write down your server ip address below
############
# To use different ips attached to server also change ips below
############
 
acl ip1 myip 12.34.56.71
tcp_outgoing_address 12.34.56.71 ip1
acl ip2 myip 12.34.56.72
tcp_outgoing_address 12.34.56.72 ip2
acl ip3 myip 12.34.56.72
tcp_outgoing_address 12.34.56.73 ip3
acl ip4 myip 12.34.56.73
tcp_outgoing_address 12.34.56.74 ip4
acl ip5 myip 12.34.56.74
tcp_outgoing_address 12.34.56.75 ip5
acl ip5 myip 12.34.56.75


request_header_access Allow allow all
request_header_access Authorization allow all
request_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
request_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
request_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
request_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
request_header_access Content-Length allow all
request_header_access Content-Type allow all
request_header_access Date allow all
request_header_access Expires allow all
request_header_access Host allow all
request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
request_header_access Last-Modified allow all
request_header_access Location allow all
request_header_access Pragma allow all
request_header_access Accept allow all
request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
request_header_access Content-Language allow all
request_header_access Mime-Version allow all
request_header_access Retry-After allow all
request_header_access Title allow all
request_header_access Connection allow all
request_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
request_header_access User-Agent allow all
request_header_access Cookie allow all
request_header_access All deny all
############

save and done (ctrl+x ,y)

4- touch /etc/squid3/squid_passwd
5- htpasswd /etc/squid3/squid_passwd yourproxyusername
and enter your password

6- service squid3 restart

All Done!

your proxy port is 3128 

NOTE: you can use Proxy Selector add-on for Firefox fo quick proxy changing.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/proxy-selector/

[oscer]

Proxies are easy with below 10 ips

[acctman]

Originally Posted by oscer

Proxies are easy with below 10 ips

i only needed 1ip to be set... is that the way you do it? also have you ever tried option 1, i was curious about that one... ssh -ND 1234 user@ip