[Cialug] Proxy servers for Iran

[Aaron Korver]

http://iran.whyweprotest.net/showthread.php?t=4

It is really mind boggling to me for how fast this is moving and how many
people are involved.

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 6:11 PM, Josh More
<morej at alliancetechnologies.net>wrote:

> If you are adding this to an existing server, yes, you need iptables.
> It should be included with most modern distros and should have a GUI or
> TUI that you can use to configure it if you don't want to hack on files
> in /etc/sysconfig.
>
> However, if you are building a dedicated box to do this, it's important
> to realize that it'll probably only be needed for a few weeks.  By then,
> the situation should either be resolved or your IP will be blocked by
> Iran.  In that case, just turn off all services except for squid and let
> it run sans-firewall.  If you wait too long, it won't do anyone any
> good... and if all it's doing is a proxy, there's nothing on it to
> protect anyway.  (Well, nothing that YOU would care about... and I
> suspect that the twittering Iranians have bigger concerns than someone
> in the US knowing their twitter password.)
>
>
>
> -Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP, GIAC
>  morej at alliancetechnologies.net
>  515-245-7701
>
> >>> Todd Walton  06/15/09 4:40 PM >>>
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Josh
> More<morej at alliancetechnologies.net> wrote:
> > If you are politically minded (globally) you might want to read this.
> > It's a very short HOWTO for setting up a proxy server so that Iranian
> > citizens can get news out to the rest of the world:
>
> It says at the end that you should set up iptables as well.  I warily
> admit that I've never done this.  Is it part of the default CentOS or
> Ubuntu server install?
>
> --
> Todd
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