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    Automatic redirection to proxy server

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    • G Offline
      gyrotech
      last edited by

      Hi All,

      I have a pretty simple setup with a pfSense 2.0RC2 box, various machines on my LAN, and one WAN interface. I also have a server sitting on my LAN running tor and polipo that I use from various machines inside my LAN.

      Is there a way, with pfSense, I can automatically redirect requests for a greylist of sites through this proxy\tor server instead of having to reconfigure the proxy settings on each client every time I want to view a site 'from' a different country.

      Many thanks,

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      • jimpJ Offline
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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        You can redirect HTTP transparently with a port forward, but the proxy server has to be on a separate interface/subnet (Like a DMZ) in order for that to work properly.

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          gyrotech
          last edited by

          Ah, so I know I can assign the NIC on the server two IP addresses on different subnets, but how can I do the same thing on the pfSense side?

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          • jimpJ Offline
            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
            last edited by

            A different subnet is not enough. It has to be on a different interface entirely.

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