[Cialug] Simple Setup - FreeBSD as Router

[jim kraai]

Nate,

But to use Burp, I'd have to get over my deep-seated hatred of Java.
I don't think I've ever installed Java on any *NIX or *nix-like box.

Seriously, I could go the proxy route, but ...

An issue is how to get the wireless devices' traffic and have good
timing information.

If the proxy were on the freeBSD box and that box was not acting as a
router, I wouldn't trust the timing data if the traffic had to go both
ways through the netgear router and the freeBSD box's NIC.

If the proxy were on the same windows box the desktop browsers are
running on, I wouldn't trust the timing data due to unpredictable CPU
load influencing when/how quickly the requests were made.

If the proxy were on the freeBSD box with that box was acting as a
router, I'd trust the timing data much better.  At that point, could I
get the same logging capability from Squid acting as a transparent
proxy while not actually caching?

--jim


On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Nathan C. Smith <nathan.smith at ipmvs.com> wrote:
> You may want to look at a proxy of some kind instead.  Perhaps burp for instance, if you are studying mostly http transactions.
>
> -Nate
>
>
>
> Nathan C. Smith
> McKee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C. | 515-288-3667  |  nathan.smith at ipmvs.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of jim kraai
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 4:07 PM
> To: cialug at cialug.org
> Subject: [Cialug] Simple Setup - FreeBSD as Router
>
> Greetings,
>
> I'm new to this group, but I've met several members over the last ten years.  Those individuals may or may not want to admit that, so I won't shout out any names.
>
> What I'm trying to do with a dedicated freeBSD router is
> - log timing results for a web service to track down slow responses, etc.
> - log response content to look for things that aren't being compressed, could be streamlined, etc.
>
> I'm in a tester role and won't have access to the IIS (or the logs
> thereof) serving these requests.
>
> The web server clients include several different browsers on a desktop and a few mobile/tablet wireless devices.
>
> I've worked with Linux and FreeBSD off and on for about 15 years, but I haven't ever done any interesting networking.
>
> At work, I have set up a headless desktop server with a vanilla install of the latest stable FreeBSD.  It has two NICs.
> [network / web server via an office router]
>         [freeBSD router for logging] <--- this is what I need help configuring
>                 [generic netgear wireless router NAT, etc.]
>                         [desktop - wired connection to wireless router]
>                         [android phone - wireless]
>                         [android tablet - wireless]
>                         [kindle - wireless]
>                         [iPhone - wireless]
>                         [iPad - wireless]
>
> This isn't for load testing.  I don't believe I'll need to know which device is generating traffic.
>
> What's new, what should I watch out for, etc?  I can Google, too, and there are plenty of very old step-by-step guides out there.
>
> (I do know that FreeBSD isn't Linux.  I actually know the difference and watched the history play out way back when.)
>
> Thanks for your patience,
>
> --jim
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--jim