Squid

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Squid is a proxy software, that means it fetches internet sites for you. Here is an example how to use squid with SUSE Linux 12.1.

install it

open a console and enter

yast -i squid3

start it

/etc/init.d/squid start

configure it

Change http_access to be allowed in /etc/squid/squid.conf:

http_access allow all

use it

Point your firefox to port 3128.

See also