[CentOS] dhcp & squid

Fri Feb 1 18:21:35 UTC 2008
nate <centos at linuxpowered.net>

Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
> Everyone,
>
> I have set up squid as a proxy http server in order to filter web access
> for an office that wants to block certain web sites.
>
> Is there a way to use the dhcpd server to assign the squid server and
> port number 3128 to each Linux desktop when they boot using the existing
> dhcpd server.  Or do I need to change each user's network preference
> setup in firefox.   The dhcpd server and squid are on the same server.

Have you considered setting up squid as a transparent proxy so all
HTTP requests go through it instead of configuring the clients to
use the proxy? It'd be more secure anyways considering not everything
has configuration to use a proxy.

nate