advproxy - The Advanced Web Proxy add-on

• IPCop 1.4.x (release 1.4.4 - 1.4.21)

• SmoothWall Express 2.0 (final and sp1)

• SmoothWall Express 3.0 (polar i386)

• Copy the tar archive via SCP to your IPCop or SmoothWall box. Windows users can use WinSCP for this. Keep in mind that SSH must be enabled and you will have to use port 222 instead of 22.

• Login as root on the console or via SSH. Windows users can use PuTTY for this. Extract the tar archive with the command

  tar -xzf distribution-advproxy-version.tar.gz

  (Replace distribution with the name of the distribution you have installed - either ipcop or smoothwall - and replace version with the version number of the package you have downloaded)

• Start the installation with the command

  distribution-advproxy/install

• Copy the tar archive via SCP to your IPCop or SmoothWall box. Windows users can use WinSCP for this. Keep in mind that SSH must be enabled and you will have to use port 222 instead of 22.

• Login as root on the console or via SSH. Windows users can use PuTTY for this. Extract the tar archive with the command

  tar -xzf distribution-advproxy-version.tar.gz

  (Replace distribution with the name of the distribution you have installed - either ipcop or smoothwall - and replace version with the version number of the package you have downloaded)

• Start the installation with the command

  distribution-advproxy/install cre

• Login as root on your IPCop or SmoothWall box via console or SSH

• Start the cleanup process with the command

  distribution-advproxy/uninstall

• It doesn't modify any firewall rules.

• It doesn't establish arbitrary connections to external sites.

• It doesn't install additional services, but it adds or replaces some binary files for the Squid web proxy service.

• URL filter add-on : Yes.

• Update accelerator add-on : Yes.

• Copfilter add-on for IPCop 1.4 : Yes.

• SquidGuard add-on for IPCop 1.4 : It might work, but will be unsupported.

• Cop+ (Copplus) add-on for IPCop 1.4 : No.

• DansGuardian Content Filter : Yes, the same way as the standard Proxy does.

You are allowed to:

• change code as long as you publish changes, who made changes and when it was changed

• You have to give access to your changes (download) to any third-party. All changes are released under GPL too.

• rebrand Advanced Proxy (just give it a different name and thinking it's a code change under GPL)

• remove any copyright information

• soften or change copyrights

• Technical support for problems related to the Squid web proxy, any authentication method or your individual infrastructure can be obtained from the Web or from Mailing Lists.

• The add-on functionality and the GUI may be supported by the author.

• Advanced Proxy for IPCop: English, French, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish and Russian.

• Advanced Proxy for SmoothWall: English.

To fix this problem, run the install script

distribution-advproxy/install

to repair the Advanced Proxy. (Replace distribution with the name of the distribution you have installed: ipcop or smoothwall).

However, if you need support, send me a mail with a detailed description of your problem and the statement that you need paid support. I'll contact you for the next steps.

Possible bug reports, feedback and contributions are always welcome to m.sondermann@directbox.com