Jonathan wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> Although I know a little irix, I don't know where to start with
> proxies (or even if I'm barking up the right tree!). I have an
> Indigo2 and Windows2000 PC hooked up to a hub; I would like to be able
> to access web pages which exist on the SGI from the PC, but also to
> access the internet (when the SGI is online, obviously). As I
> understand it the SGI is already running a web server for the online
> books, but I'm not sure how to broardcast webpages across the network,
> nor what address I should use to access them from the PC.

Squid is an excellent proxy server. You can get it from
freeware.sgi.com, or build it yourself from www.squid-cache.org.

The squid.conf file it comes with is well commented. You will likely
want to change the access control rules, but the rest of it is usually
adequate for a simple at home setup. I added ident lookup to restrict
access for my children, and I put in a standard list of local machines
which are allowed access.

As well, because of the daft way my ISP works, I have pointed squid at a
parent cache at my ISP.

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Dr Tristram J. Scott
Energy Consultant