Art of catching network traffic

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Art of catching network traffic


The-Art of caching system traffic without needing individual / visitor aspect setup.


What is transparent caching?

Transparently proxying / caching system traffic without requiring user configuration or understanding. A method to simplify caching for that consumer Causes the cache to be used by all users.


Why use transparent caching? ď Ź

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Simplicity of use. No setup needed from the consumer. Getting all customers. No customers may avoid the cache.


What is involved?  

TCP degree routing Change NAT or related engineering to hijack port 80 traffic. An SEO proxy with some understanding of transparent proxying A cache


Tools available 

TCP degree Routing

Plan routing / path maps

TCP / level 4 switches

with or without NAT

Cisco WCCP

Host-Level NAT

Linux firewall signal

FreeBSD firewall signal

IP-Filter


Using policy routing to redirect traffic ď Ź

A standard router configured to route TCP port 80 to the cache proxy server.

Internet

User 1 User 2 User 3 User ..


Policy routing (cont.)  

Advantages May often be used without additional equipment

Disadvantages

Just fixed routing

No-Fault tolerance. If cache host fails port 80 traffic interrupted. More Processor load on the hub


Running the cache on a router ď Ź

Small network / firewall. Host used as router with an anonymous proxy. Router / Cache Server

Internet

User 1 User 2 User 3 User ..


Caching router / firewall  

Advantages May often be used without additional equipment

Disadvantages

Just fixed routing

No-Fault tolerance. If cache host fails port 80 traffic interrupted. More Processor load on the hub


Cisco Web Cache Control Protocol (WCCP) 

Automatic setup. Their presence is announced by private proxy servers to the modem.

Load-Balancing

Fault recovery

Industrial Certification needed. Not currently a choice free of charge software.


TCP switch benefits 

May avoid the cache if it fails

Great stability

May deliver the strain on multiple cache servers May do the NAT, permitting the usage of any OS to the cache server. Some do HTTP proxy interpretation, permitting the usage of any proxy application.


TCP switch drawbacks ď Ź ď Ź

Yet another costly container to buy Utilizing NAT demands change supplier support in the software to support old browsers with an private proxy server.


Problems related to request formats 

A transparent proxy should rebuild the Website of the request. Host: headers not necessarily accessible. HTTP/1.1 function or 1.0 add on. IP from NAT translation.


What happens at the TCP level? 

Regular conversation / SSL private proxy

IP-BASED routing

TCP is end-to-end

One IP, one Host

Transparent proxying

TCP based routing

TCP isn't any longer end-to-end

One IP, “multiple hosts”


Problems at the TCP level 

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TCP usually depends on two IP methods. TCP and ICMP. Of those just TCP could be easily redirected. ICMP is needed for Path MTU discovery. TCP resets if your simple package moves another route skipping the redirection.


Things to consider when configuring OS level NAT ď Ź

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Do not disrupt traffic to/from the cache server-host. Ensure that the traffic isn't redirected back once again to the private proxy services. Anticipate to do packet level records, ideally from the separate container.


Recommended steps when building a transparent proxy 

Think it over. Could it be really necessary?

Develop and check the proxy-server

Change NAT to the proxy-server

Test drive it utilizing a local LAN consumer

Put up TCP degree routing.


Common problems 

Connection hangs for a few customers

Most likely due to MTU related problems.

Connection reset problems

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Generally misconfigured NAT or TCP routing with best private proxy. Terrible performance Perhaps Computer bottleneck within the switch.


Summary 

Clear caching is a great device in many designs to help ease user-side setup. For the same goals are achieved by many automatic instructions on how to configure proxy settings. It's some significant restrictions. Not really a complete alternative to regular proxying.


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