Running an http proxy through IPCOP

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Ok, basically I want to run an http proxy in IPCOP. Meaning, I want to put in my home IP address in firefox connection settings and have it route HTTP requests through there. I am running the Proxy in IPCop locally but I don't believe this is the same thing. I'm talking about external use... is there an addon for it?

Edit: I see there may be a way to do this through SSH... I will read on about it.
 
SSH can handle port forwarding at least, so you could SSH back to your IPCop box, setup a port forward from your local port 8080 to be forwarded to 127.0.0.1:8080 on the remote side (in this case it will be the IPCop loopback, not your own any names or addresses put in the field concerning the remote side are resolved on the remote side) and then tell Firefox to use 127.0.0.1:8080 and you should be good. Mind you the tunneling over SSH will likely slow things down a bit, and you might tweak the compression settings to see if those help at all.
 
My IPCop box has the proxy enabled and transparent on green using port 8080.

Then in Firefox I have "Manual Proxy" enabled with IP:pORT 192.168.2.1:8080.

Or do you want something different?
 
Im sure there is some way to setup your dhcp server so it auto assigns the proxy server address.
 
I am using ipcop with the web proxy.. i have the advproxy add on installed, as well as the url filter and upload excelerator.

I am using the standard id method (user name and password requested every time you open a web browser).. tho you can use the ident id method as well, this will me that you will need ident installed on each pc with the user name and passwords that remain with the ident program.

tho the standard connection method works just fine btw

later

Easy
 
What I mean is accessing the IPCOP box from the outside. So no Squid proxy no green interface. I'm talking about I'm at work, and need to reach my home IPCOP box to redirect HTTP traffic for me.

I saw Advanced Proxy addon for IPCOP but I am not sure if it still fits my needs. Just seems like a beefed up version of the built in Squid proxy functionality on the green zone.
 
If you are trying to do this to get past your works Proxy limitations, forget about it those are in place for a reason. Read the rules of the forum again and make sure you aren't over stepping your bounds here.
 
Xipher said:
If you are trying to do this to get past your works Proxy limitations, forget about it those are in place for a reason. Read the rules of the forum again and make sure you aren't over stepping your bounds here.
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http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1244321

Read this thread. I believe I am trying to do good for the company for providing IT support and sometimes I need to reach out and do a little googling. But I am prevented from doing just that...

Now to get back on subject... anyone know of how to get this running on IPCOP?
 
RoBo said:
My IPCop box has the proxy enabled and transparent on green using port 8080.

Then in Firefox I have "Manual Proxy" enabled with IP:pORT 192.168.2.1:8080.

Or do you want something different?
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You do know you do not have to enter the manual proxy in firefox (or anything for that matter) if it is set to transparent right? Transparent automatically intercepts any http traffic and routes it throught he proxy no matter what as long as you are using the proxy as a gateway to the internet.

MooCow said:
What I mean is accessing the IPCOP box from the outside. So no Squid proxy no green interface. I'm talking about I'm at work, and need to reach my home IPCOP box to redirect HTTP traffic for me.

I saw Advanced Proxy addon for IPCOP but I am not sure if it still fits my needs. Just seems like a beefed up version of the built in Squid proxy functionality on the green zone.
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Your answer has already been posted:
Xipher said:
SSH can handle port forwarding at least, so you could SSH back to your IPCop box, setup a port forward from your local port 8080 to be forwarded to 127.0.0.1:8080 on the remote side (in this case it will be the IPCop loopback, not your own any names or addresses put in the field concerning the remote side are resolved on the remote side) and then tell Firefox to use 127.0.0.1:8080 and you should be good. Mind you the tunneling over SSH will likely slow things down a bit, and you might tweak the compression settings to see if those help at all.
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That is exactly what you want and probably the best way to achieve it.

There are many guides out there if you search on google, but here is a decent one:
http://jstrassburg.blogspot.com/2006/01/howto-tunneling-http-over-ssh-with-dd.html

You would just be connecting to your IPCop box instead of a DD-WRT router, and you would need to use the IPCop proxy port.
 
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