CentOS - Feb 2008 - dhcp & squid

Everyone,

I have set up squid as a proxy http server in order to filter web access
for an office that wants to block certain web sites.  

Is there a way to use the dhcpd server to assign the squid server and
port number 3128 to each Linux desktop when they boot using the existing
dhcpd server.  Or do I need to change each user's network preference
setup in firefox.   The dhcpd server and squid are on the same server.

I have looked at the man pages for dhcpd, dhcpd.conf, dhcp-options,
dhcllient, and dhclient.conf.  

I found an option :

option www-server ###.###.###.###
 However there was no reference to stipulate a port number like 3128
that is used by squid.

Other searching on the web has uncovered the use of:

option custom-proxy-server "http://192.168.1.1/wpad.pac"
 but I am uncertain as to how to configure wpad.pac file

Any answers or suggestions on reading material would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Greg Ennis

Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
> Everyone,
>
> I have set up squid as a proxy http server in order to filter web access
> for an office that wants to block certain web sites.
>
> Is there a way to use the dhcpd server to assign the squid server and
> port number 3128 to each Linux desktop when they boot using the existing
> dhcpd server.  Or do I need to change each user's network preference
> setup in firefox.   The dhcpd server and squid are on the same server.
Have you considered setting up squid as a transparent proxy so all
HTTP requests go through it instead of configuring the clients to
use the proxy? It'd be more secure anyways considering not everything
has configuration to use a proxy.

nate