Proxy Server

yum -y install squid

Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
base

100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00

updates

100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00

addons

100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00

extras

100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00

Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for squid to pack into transaction set.
squid-2.6.STABLE6-4.el5.i 100% |========================| 139 kB 00:00
---> Package squid.i386 7:2.6.STABLE6-4.el5 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check

Dependencies Resolved

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Package

Arch

Version

Repository

Size

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Installing:
  squid

i386

7:2.6.STABLE6-4.el5

   updates

1.2 M

Transaction Summary
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Install

1 Package(s)

Update

0 Package(s)

Remove

0 Package(s)

Total download size: 1.2 M
Downloading Packages:
(1/1): squid-2.6.STABLE6-

100% |====================| 1.2 M 00:00

Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing:   squid

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Installed: squid.i386 7:2.6.STABLE6-4.el5
Complete!
[root@lan ~]#

vi /etc/squid/squid.conf

http_port

8080

// line 73: change

acl CONNECT method CONNECT

acl lan src 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0

// line 2410: add (permit only LAN)

http_access allow localhost

http_access allow lan

// line 2527: add (permit only LAN)

http_access deny all

visible_hostname lan.server-linux.info

// line 2841: add (specify hostname)

# forwarded_for on

forwarded_for off

// line 3117: add (hide IP address)

header_access Referer deny all

// line 3437: add

header_access X-Forwarded-For deny all
header_access Via deny all
header_access Cache-Control deny all

[root@lan ~]#

/etc/rc.d/init.d/squid start

init_cache_dir /var/spool/squid... Starting squid:

[  OK  ]

[root@lan ~]#

chkconfig squid on

Start Web browser. Following example is on Microsoft IE 6. Select [Tools] - [Internet Options] and move to [Connections] tab like below

Check 'use a proxy' and input server's hostname and port number set in the section [1] like following example. Then, you can access to internet through proxy.