Access the internet through proxy without a pac file or entering manually. Squid?

[DCUK6]

Hi,

 

All of our internet traffic has to go through the LEAs filter. Without proxy info being entered no internet traffic is allowed.

 

Im trying to setup a guest network that auto detects the proxy settings but apple producs still require you to type in the PAC file address.

 

Ive been reading about setting up a SQUID server that can pick up traffic automatically and requires no changes on the client.

 

Is this right?

 

What mode of SQUID would i need to run (transparent, intercept etc) and has anyone got a good guide to install and forward all traffic to the LEAs proxy?

 

Thanks

[Foresthippy]

If you use wpad instead of just the pac file, you won't need to enter the pac file address, just need to set proxy to automatic.

 

Deploying WPAD « FindProxyForURL - PAC & WPAD Resource

[dhicks]

Ive been reading about setting up a SQUID server that can pick up traffic automatically and requires no changes on the client.

 

There's another recent thread asking the same thing:

 

http://www.edugeek.net/forums/wired-networks/146589-transparent-proxy-forward-non-transparent-proxy.html

 

There's a link there to a transparent Squid setup that I've used in the past. Setting this up should be a case of installing a VM with Debian on, installing Squid on that VM, applying the IPTables setup as give in that link and away you go - set the transparent Squid server's IP address as your gateway address and all traffic should get passed through it.