Redirect domain query to server on LAN

[just4fun]

Hi, I have a project going here that involves hosting my own Google maps. Whenever someone on my LAN makes a maps.google.com call, I want to be able to redirect that domain request to a server on my LAN. It must be client independent which means that the client still thinks that its getting the maps from google maps. I have a web service on my LAN that hosts all of the maps and is ready to take the requests. I was looking into squid and other web proxies but dont think it can do it. Any thoughts on how to accomplish this? DNS forwader perhaps? If so, which is the easiest tool to use and configure? Thanks!

[cyberinstru]

Hi -

You can do this in couple of ways.

1. With Squid or similar HTTP proxy. With such proxies, you can do,
- URL redirection or
- transparent URL rewrite

2. Using DNS proxy
- Have a DNS proxy/forwarder like dnsmasq. Have your own zone for maps.google.com and point it to your server.

The best option is to have Squid in reverse proxy mode for maps.google.com.

HTH!