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Re: [SuSE Linux] Linux as Internet gateway
  • From: grimmer@xxxxxxx (Lenz Grimmer)
  • Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 10:57:41 +0100 (MET)
  • Message-id: <Pine.LNX.4.05.9812091055370.12878-100000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>



Hi,

On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Richard King wrote:

> Would there be any complications if, say, I am on a company LAN, and
> wish to enable certain PC's to access the Internet via my Gateway - (
> and others not) - BUT at the same time allow them to retain access to
> the company LAN and its nameserver via TCP/IP and via another default
> gateway???
>
> Is this possible? How might it be done?? (This is something I really
> need to do....)

Yes, it is possible. But it's not a trivial task...
The routing tables are the critical point here. If you only want to allow
http and ftp, you could set up squid as a proxy server on your linux box.

Bye,
LenZ

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