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- # Forwarding specification for Internet Junkbuster 2.0
- #
- # Copyright 1997 Junkbusters Corporation. For distribution, modification and
- # use under the GNU General Public License. These files come with NO WARRANTY.
- # See http://www.junkbusters.com/ht/en/gpl.html or the README file for details.
- #
- # This feature allows routing of HTTP requests via multiple proxies.
- # It can be used to better protect privacy and confidentiality when
- # accessing specific domains by routing requests to those domains
- # to a special purpose filtering proxy such as lpwa.com
- #
- # It can also be used in an environmnent with multiple networks to route
- # requests via multiple gateways allowing transparent access to multiple
- # networks without having to modify browser configurations.
- #
- # Also specified here are special gateway protocols such as SOCKS.
-
- # The syntax of each line is
- #
- # target_domain[:port][/path] forwarding_domain[:port] gateway_type gateway_domain[:port]
- #
-
- # A '.' in the forwarding domain/port means that requests made to the
- # target domain are not forwarded but are made directly by the proxy
- # (though the proxy may still use a gateway to contact the server)
- #
- # Lines are checked in turn, and the last match wins.
- #
- # There is an implicit line equivalent to the following, which specifies that
- # anything not finding a match on the list is to go out without forwarding
- # or gateway protocol; like so:
- #
- # * . . . # implicit
-
- # In this fictitious example, everything goes via an ISP's caching proxy,
- # except requests to that ISP
- #
- # * caching.myisp.net:8000 . .
- # myisp.net . . .
-
- # In this example direct connections are made to all "internal" domains,
- # but everything else goes through Lucent's LPWA by way of the company's
- # SOCKS gateway to the Internet.
- #
- # * lpwa.com:8000 socks argyle.my_company.com:1080
- # my_company.com . . .
-
- # This is how you could set up a site that always uses SOCKS but no forwarders
- #
- # * . socks knee.my_company.com:1080
-
- # An advanced example for network administrators.
- #
- # If you're in a situation where you have links to multiple
- # ISP's that provide various special content to their subscribers
- # you can configure forwarding to pass requests to the specific
- # host that's connected to that ISP so that everybody can see
- # all of the content on all of the ISP's.
- # (whew! how's that for a run-on sentence?)
- #
- # This is tricky, but here's a sample:
- #
- # host-a has a PPP connection to isp-a.com
- # host-b has a PPP connection to isp-b.com
-
- # host-a can run an Internet Junkbusters with forwarding like this:
- #
- # / . . .
- # isp-b.com host-b:8000 . .
- #
- # host-b can run an Internet Junkbusters with forwarding like this:
- # / . . .
- # isp-a.com host-a:8000 . .
- #
- # Now, *anyone* on the Internet (including users on host-a and host-b)
- # can set their browser's proxy to *either* host-a or host-b and
- # be able to browse the content on isp-a or isp-b.
-