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This is tinyproxy-adns, tinyproxy with support for GNU adns asynchronous
resolver library.
DESCRIPTION
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tinyproxy is a small, efficient HTTP proxy daemon. tinyproxy is very
useful in a small network setting, where a larger proxy like Squid
would either be too resource intensive, or a security risk. One of
the key features of tinyproxy is the buffering connection concept.
In effect, tinyproxy will buffer a high speed response from a server,
and then relay it to a client at the highest speed the client will
accept. This feature greatly reduces the problems with sluggishness
on the Internet. If you are sharing an Internet connection with a
small network, and you only want to allow HTTP requests to be
allowed, then tinyproxy is a great tool for the network
administrator.
This version of tinyproxy must be compiled with GNU adns, available from
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/adns/.
INSTALLATION
------------
To install this package under a Unix derivative, read the INSTALL
file. tinyproxy uses a standard GNU configure script. There are
additional command line arguments you can supply to configure. They
include:
--enable-debug If you would like to turn on full
debugging support
--enable-socks This turns on SOCKS support for using
tinyproxy across a fire wall.
--enable-xtinyproxy Compile in support for the XTinyproxy
header, which is sent to any web
server in your domain.
Options for GNU adns
--with-adns-include=DIR Set the directory in which adns.h has
been installed. Required if this is in
a non-standard location.
--with-adns-lib=DIR Set the directory in which libadns.* have
been installed. Required if this is in
a non-standard location.
Options for file locations etc.
--with-port=PORT Set the port on which tinyproxy listens,
by default 8080.
--with-log-file=FILE Set the default logfile location.
--with-user=USER Set the default user to which tinyproxy
will setuid() upon startup.
Once you have completed your installation, if you would like to
report your success please execute the report.sh script in the doc
directory. This will send an email to the authors reporting your
version, and a few bits of information concerning the memory usage of
tinyproxy. Alternatively, you could just send an email stating the
version. Which ever you prefer.
SUPPORT
-------
If you are having problems with tinyproxy, please report the problem
to:
Steven Young <sdyoung@well.com>
Robert James Kaes <rjkaes@flarenet.com>
If the problem seems to be to do with GNU adns support (or if I've done
something obviously wrong), please email
Chris Lightfoot <chris@ex-parrot.com>
Please recompile tinyproxy with full debug support (--enable-debug)
and include a copy of the log file, and any assert errors reported by
tinyproxy. Also, if you feel up to it, try running tinyproxy under
your debugger and report the error your received and a context
listing of the location. Under gdb you would run tinyproxy like so:
gdb tinyproxy
(gdb) set args -p port_num -l log_file -d
(gdb) run
Now access the port tinyproxy is on until you receive a break in the
gdb. You can now type:
(gbd) l
to produce a context listing of the location of the error. Send a
copy to the authors.
HOW TO CONTRIBUTE TO tinyproxy
------------------------------
If you would like to contribute a feature, or a bug fix to the
tinyproxy source, please send a diff (preferable a unified
diff. i.e. "diff -u") against the latest release of tinyproxy. Also,
if you could include a brief description of what your patch does.
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