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Proxy server and secured sites

Proxy server and secured sites

Proxy server and secured sites

(OP)
Hi
I have problem related to proxy server and secured sites. Actually we have a network in our office with one computer connected to internet through main LAN. I hae installed a proxy server on that computer to use internet on other computer in my office.
I am facing a problem that secured sites such as hotmail, orkut etc. are not opening in the computer connected through proxy server to the internet, whereas these sites can be opened on computer on which proxy server is installed. Is there any method to solve this problem.

Regards

Abrar

RE: Proxy server and secured sites

This question can probably be more readily answered on Tek-Tips

TTFN

RE: Proxy server and secured sites

Hi-

I would suggest that you configure the proxy server to
handle https (secure) sites.  Depending upon the proxy
server, you will find that they will treat these
differently.  I believe that is the case with Squid.

http://www.squid-cache.org/

However, I don't really see the need for a proxy server
for this application.  A simple firewall with a NAT
server would do as well, if not better.  There is
really no need to cache web pages only to have them
sent to just one other computer!  Proxy servers are
primarily (as I understand them) for a large number of
browsers with a high probability of pages being read
by multiple clients of the proxy server.  So, for
example, you have several machines all going to point
to say google news, the proxy server then goes out to
the internet, grabs the page(s) and HOLDS onto them.
If they are not timed out (by a META expires) or
set up as no cache:
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="no-cache">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="-1">
then the pages stored in the proxy are sent to the
individual browsers from the proxy server.

Why have a proxy store the information, just to spit
it out again on the local lan?

Hope this helps.

 Cheers,

   Rich S.

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