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Re: MSIE automatic proxy config



Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> 
> Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:

> > You know what, it's  a border line case. Let's call it a draw ;-)
> 
> Actually, I don't believe in draws. Either I need to route all my traffic through
> the linux machine, or I don't. If I do - I don't care whether NAT is being
> employed or not. If I don't, I don't care either.
> 
> What I see here is that I need to install on my router a rule that says, more or
> less, "If the packet is destined to go to port 80 of any machine, route it to the
> proxy, otherwise, route it usually". I don't think a regular router can do such a
> thing. I don't even think that CheckPoint's FW-1 can do such a thing. It can do
> exactly what I wanted to begin with (i.e. - change packets so that they all go to
> the proxy machine), but that's a NAT again.


Yes, Firewall-1 supports it (and calls it NAT too! ;-) . See
http://www.phoneboy.com/fw1/faq/0022.html

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