How to use iptables in linux to forward http and https traffic to a transparent proxy [closed]

Answer 1

iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -s ! squid-box -p tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to squid-box:3128
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -s local-network -d squid-box -j SNAT --to iptables-box
iptables -A FORWARD -s local-network -d squid-box -i eth0 -o eth0 -p tcp --dport 3128 -j ACCEPT

Where:

• squid-box : your squid server
• local-network : your network (in my case is 192.168.0.0/24)
• iptables-box : where your iptables software reside (usually the gateway, in my case 192.168.1.1)

The first one sends the packets to squid-box from iptables-box. The second makes sure that the reply gets sent back through iptables-box, instead of directly to the client (this is very important!). The last one makes sure the iptables-box will forward the appropriate packets to squid-box. It may not be needed. YMMV. Note that we specified '-i eth0' and then '-o eth0', which stands for input interface eth0 and output interface eth0. If your packets are entering and leaving on different interfaces, you will need to adjust the commands accordingly.

Add these commands to your appropriate startup scripts under /etc/rc.d/

FROM: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/TransparentProxy-6.html

Answer 2

iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to 9090

HTTPS cannot be used with a transparent proxy. There are some hacks, but it doesn't make any sense and is useless.