Forcing traffic to a proxy server

[Russ Ferrill]

Hello All!

I'd like to be able to force all outbound traffic to a proxy server without
relying on the browser's proxy server configuration. I'm not using Microsoft
ISA server or Microsoft Proxy server, so I can't use their built-in facility
to do this. Is there a way to accomplish this using the .NET Framework or
will I have to use unmanaged code? Can somebody point me in the right
direction Thanks in advance!

Russ

 

[MasterGaurav]

Hi,

Though I am not a Windows expert but I think here's what you are
probably looking for:

1. Firewall with logging or
2. Transparent proxy.

I know how to do it on a Linux server ;-)
but not on windows. Try hunting for "tranparent proxy on windows".


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Cheers,
Gaurav Vaish
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http://mastergaurav.blogspot.com
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[Feroze [msft]]

You want to proxy the web browsers HTTP requests transparently? You should
search on MSDN for proxy autoconfiguration. Using this mechanism, you can
setup a server such that the browser will query that server for the proxy to
use, and you can control which proxy gets used.

IE supports getting proxy URLs through autoconfiguration scripts that can be
served from HTTP servers. It can discover these servers using DNS, DHCP, or
even a hardcoded address in the proxy settings dialog box.