Re: Anonymize_headers

On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Jan 2000, Randy Johnson wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 09 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> > > On Sun, 9 Jan 2000, Randy Johnson wrote:
> > >
> > > > Is it possible to set up squid to web surf anonymously? I have tried the
> > > > following in my squid.conf file:
> > > >
> > > > forwarded_for off
> > > > anonymize_headers allow Allow Authorization Cache-Control
> > > > anonymize_headers allow Content-Encoding Content-Length
> > > > anonymize_headers allow Content-Type Date Expires Host
> > > > anonymize_headers allow If-Modified-Since Last-Modified
> > > > anonymize_headers allow Location Pragma Accept Charset
> > > > anonymize_headers allow Accept-Encoding Accept-Language
> > > > anonymize_headers allow Content-Language Mime-Version
> > > > anonymize_headers allow Retry-After Title Connection
> > > > anonymize_headers allow Proxy-Connection
> > > >
> > > > fake_user_agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
> > > >
> > > > However, when I access sites such as http://www.tlsecurity.com, the site comes
> > > > back with my IP address, browser and OS information.
> > > >
> > > > I'm accessing my squid proxy via an internal ip address to the server (Linux,
> > > > IP Masquerading via cable modem connection to broadband provider.) Any ideas?
> > >
> > > You might try removing 'Charset' from the list and see if that
> > > helps. 2.2 versions have a bug with unknown headers, and Charset
> > > is unknown.
> > >
> > > Duane W.
> >
> > I commented out "anonymize_headers allow Location Pragma Accept Charset", but
> > I'm it's still listing the same info as before, e.g., browser and OS info, etc.
>
>
> I just verified that squid-2.3.STABLE1 works correctly for me.
>
> I assume that you restarted or reconfigured squid after editing squid.conf?
>
> Duane W.

Yes. This time, however, I rebooted the machine. For some reason, that worked.
Now when I access sites such as www.tlsecurity.com, they only receive the info
from the fake_user_name agent line in the config file and can't see anything
else (other than the IP address.)

Thanks...
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Randy Johnson
Fairfax, Virginia
randyj@fx4-1-122.mgfairfax.rr.com
Received on Mon Jan 10 2000 - 20:53:00 MST