Allowing apt-get through the firewall

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[niksonuk]

Hi I'm new to Endian but have installed a v2.3 firewall and i am loving it so far.

The only issue that I am having is that I have been unable to allow access to apt-get for linux users.

I have created a outbound firewall rule to allow all outbound traffic from the Green interface to the Red interface and this is working. I have been unable to find a way to create a rule to allow "established" inbound traffic in through the firewall to allow apt to update.

Any help on this issue would be really appreciated.

Thanks

[Steve]

It depends on what flavour of linux you are running, generally you may need to edit your apt.conf file - in particular the http_proxy variable.
Ask your linux uses to consult their manual regarding the correct syntax for using apt-get behind a proxy for their flavour of linux.

[niksonuk]

Thanks for the quick reply. It turned out that there was a problem with apt on the laptop I was testing as it was running ubuntu 10.04 Beta!!! When I tried from another machine in the afternoon it was all OK.