getting to www servers from inside where they have an Internal IP

[hanasaki]

The traceroute hits:
	client / intranet workstation browser
	firewall
	stalls because i don't let traceroute out

The client browser hits:
	the squid proxy I am already using

What is the "nice" solution and how is it implemented?

Chris Boyd wrote:
> hanasaki wrote:
> 
>> The problem is that www.blah.com resolves to the external internet IP
>> and then gets routed out of the firewall which does not come back in and
>> get forwarded to the internal webserver.  It would be ideal if internal
>> web browser hits went straight to the internal server.
>>
>>   
> 
> 
> Do a traceroute to confirm what is happening here.  I suspect what is
> really happening is an intranet request for the website only goes the
> firewall and that's all.
> What it seems you want is a nice squid solution here, but does your
> internal intranet traffic even touch squid unless it goes out for
> external internet?