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Hello ladies and gentlemen

Can anyone recommend the best (read: easiest :p) distro to install on my pc that I can use as a server. It must have a proxy as well as ssh for tunneling and I also want to be able to shape and prioritize certain specific ports.

I already know I'm probably gonna end up getting a server type of distro, but which one would you recommend?

Preferably 64-bit and with all the above stuff already on it.

Thanks a million in advance.

PS: my second hard drive on the pc right now is encrypted using truecrypt, will I be able to continue using it encrypted on linux?
 
You could try either IPCop or Squid, these are awesome little distro's for doing the above.
 
froot said:
You could try either IPCop or Squid, these are awesome little distro's for doing the above.
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Squid is just the proxy software, not a distribution in and of itself. I would recommend IPCop or Untangle.
 
Thanks for the info, I already tried to use ubuntu server 9.10 since it was already lying around at a friends house so that I wouldn't have to download it :)

I would however like to ask something about squid.

I've finally got it running, with ncsa authentication as well. But I want to limit certain users to certain times of the day, is this possible?

This is the relevant lines from squid.conf so far that I have for one user:

acl ncsa_users proxy_auth REQUIRED
acl no_usage MTWHF 08:00-20:00

http_access allow ncsa_users
http_access deny ncsa_users no_usage

So now this is for one user, but how to I modify it for 2 or 3 users?

I dont see the connection between ncsa_users and the /etc/squid/passwd file :confused:

Is ncsa_users a group?

I've tried googling for this but all I find is how to configure one "group" of users.
 
It is possible. I would recommend that you install Webmin, it makes the Squid configuration a lot easier.
 
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hmmm, does webmin have a package?

I tried apt-get install webmin but I get a that message saying: this package could not be found but was referred to by another package or something along those lines. Am I using the right package name?
 
I would recommend pfSense. It is more feature rich than IPcop and I prefer it.

Its based on FreeBSD and is very stable. For the proxy part you can install Squid from a package with a couple of clicks. Traffic prioritization is built in to the base system.

:D
 
stevovo said:
hmmm, does webmin have a package?

I tried apt-get install webmin but I get a that message saying: this package could not be found but was referred to by another package or something along those lines. Am I using the right package name?
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You will have to download it off the website, also this guide should be helpful.
 
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