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TCP Mapping

Because I wanted to learn Linux, I switch from a Windows NT Proxy/Firewall to a Linux based. Among other things, with WinGate I could do tcp mapping.
From my client I would specify my proxy server with port 2000. On the proxy it would forward it to my external SQL server on port 1500. How could I do that on Linux. I think I need to use portmap, but I don't understand it. I read the docs and didn't understand it. Could someone tell me step by step what I need to do? I'm running squid as my proxy on a RedHat 6.1.

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ivanh

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Good. Last related question. After reading the descriptions and some of the docs (keep in mind I have not completely read it yet) does this mean I do not need squid anymore?
Almost sounds like IP Masquerading should be able to handle what the proxy did, except for caching. If this is true, then I won't use squid and I'll just switch to this. YES/NO?

If you do not need caching you can loose squid.

(of cource, squid has better access control, if you need to block access to certain sites etc etc etc etc)

ivanh

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Thanks. Coming from an NT world, Linux/Unix definitely requires someone to understand more about what they are doing rather than using a GUI that does it for you. It's forcing me to understand, which is good.

I still prefer WinNT over linux when it comes to desktops / high end servers, but for the mid-range serving stuff (and networking, linux is a great platform)