xendrome Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I need a few suggestions on a basic Windows based Proxy Server application. Something similar to WinGate or even more basic. I really only need it to do 2 functions: 1: Monitor Real-time http/https traffic/pages accesses and 2: Log the traffic to a file. I don't need any other type of filtering, all of my AV/Spam/Spyware stuff is done at my Sonicwall UTM. And a + would be if said software has AD integration. I do have Forefront TMG 2010, but honestly it is way more then I need or want to deal with. I will enable client access through the proxy via GPO. So, any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted January 5, 2014 MVC Share Posted January 5, 2014 squid is like the number 1 proxy on the planet. http://www.squid-cache.org/ As to viewing the log very popular http://lightsquid.sourceforge.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 squid is like the number 1 proxy on the planet. http://www.squid-cache.org/ As to viewing the log very popular http://lightsquid.sourceforge.net/ I investigated that earlier, but a lot of the Windows pre-compiled binary URLs were all 404. I'll check again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted January 5, 2014 MVC Share Posted January 5, 2014 ? Its going to be your proxy - why does it have to be windows based? I never understood the mindset I need application X to run on OS Y.. If what your worried about is application X, then run application X on whatever platform it has better support for. Its not like linux or bsd cost money like your windows license do. Run it on a VM if you don't want to dedicate hardware to a specific OS. I am quite sure hyperV can run a linux platform that squid could run on.. Or for that matter run an appliance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 Well I have a server already running WSUS and TrendMicro Officescan for out Client workstations and was trying to keep it on that with low overhead. I checked out Squid a bit and the LDAP configuration seems like it might be a pain, any other suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted January 5, 2014 MVC Share Posted January 5, 2014 Not FREE - there are plenty of proxy solutions out there. In an enterprise they cost money, websense, bluecoat, you say windows version is too much.. Sonicwall has a proxy/content filtering why not just use that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snaphat (Myles Landwehr) Member Posted January 6, 2014 Member Share Posted January 6, 2014 Your best bet for running any sort of up-to-date copy of squid in windows is to use Cygwin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 Your best bet for running any sort of up-to-date copy of squid in windows is to use Cygwin. You know, I got squid working pretty good last night on the Windows server. Problem is, for the life of me I could not get AD intergration to work at all... I tried for at least 2 hours and I could not get a successful response using the built in utilities. And using the same setup/credentials that are verified working on our Sonicwall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted January 6, 2014 MVC Share Posted January 6, 2014 http://wiki.bitbinary.com/index.php/Active_Directory_Integrated_Squid_Proxy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndoggfromhell Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Not sure your situation with the Sonicwall UTM, but perhaps it's time to look at a better UTM product. We ditched the Sonicwall about 6 years ago because the URL filtering was terrible, and the logging was essentially worthless. We went with an Astaro UTM and I have had very little issues with it in our setup. They have a software version you can install in a VM and test with, the GUI makes it pretty user friendly. Depending on the size of your setup/organization it can actually be a free product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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