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Configuring Authentication
Lets add some authentication, NTLM (NT Lan Management – WIKI: Read More) authentication that is. This way only the accounts you have created on your home server will be able to use your WHS as a proxy server.
- From your FreeProxy Console Double click the PORT
- The window that opens is the configuration for your Port Redirection
- Check the box for Use HTTP Authentication
- Check the box for NTLM
You now need to set the permissions for this to work. Click the button at the bottom located on the right side. This will open a box with nothing in it and a few buttons at the bottom. We are only interested in one… Add Resource.
The next window that opens is where the magic happens. This is where you set the resources themselves. Configure yours as follows.
- For Type: Dropdown and select HTTP Proxy Service
- Permission: Granted
- for this user group: WindowsUsers
- Check the box for “User must authenticate to gain access to this resource.”
- Press Done a few times.
You are almost configured. The thing to remember moving forward with this is that your changes won’t take effect until you restart the service. This process is the same as described above except instead of starting, you slick restart.
- From the console click Start/Stop.
- click restart
- It will prompt you to save your changes, you must.
Is there a way to set this up so that you are using an anonymous IP address? Say if you were trying to access content in another country which blocks U.S. IP addresses?
how can i hide the lan settings
Be very careful when using this software if you set it up without authentication it will broadcast itself for anonymous users to use which will utilize your bandwidth and slow down your internet connection. I have used this software many times. You can see who is logged into the proxy. If you don’t believe me keep encryption off and view the logs for who is connecting once you set it up. you will see many people connecting anonymously if Authentication is turned off. I am sure the developers of the software were very aware of what they were doing because it is very intentional and a noob using this software will not know any better. If you require authentication you will have nothing to worry about.
I have done a little research and used this FREEPROXY program it slows down your internet connection because it shares out the proxy with anonymous internet users if you do not have encryption enabled. Be very very careful when using this software it will broadcast your proxy IP out to all to use if you do not require authentication.
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I wanted to be able to access my WHS internet connection at my workplace. I was able to set it up successfully but it doesn’t ask me for a username or password when I access the proxy from work or wherever I am at. I used the NTLM authentication but I guess that’s for something different (?). I would like to enable a password that I must enter when I first start the browsing session from work. Is there a way to accomplish that? Thanks.
This is an issue for me as well…what is worse, it seems to allow unfettered access to the LAN side of my local network. For instance, I can access my router config page simply by connecting to the proxy. That doesn’t seem right. What happened to the authentication?
Can you tell me if a proxy server will help me here.
I have a laptop and a desktop machine. My laptop is a work machine and my desktop is mine. My laptop is part of my work domain and I can start a VPN to access resources at my work. However, my developer tools are quite CPU-intensive and run quicker on my desktop machine, so when I’m working at home I prefer to use that. The desktop isn’t part of the work domain, therefore can’t use the VPN. But I need to access a SqlServer on the company LAN. Can I set up my laptop to connect to the company VPN and act as a proxy server. Then connect my desktop to to the proxy server to be able to access the company network?
That is not the correct application for this…
When you say make the dns entries static. What do you mean?
Setting this up was a dream, altho performace is dreadful! Is there anyway to increase internet speeds I have a gigabit network and 20 mbit internet connection, But since setting this up my internet connection isnt even reaching 1 mbit!
Which version do you have installed? I would also make the DNS entries static for your ISP on your network settings in WHS. That might help the name resolution be a bit quicker, which may have a direct impact on your speeds.