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