Re: FAQ ?

Ricardo Stella wrote:
>
> Can I do this with squid: ?
>
> http://my.prox.net:nnnn/http://whatever.com

Probably not. Ther URL sent to Squid will have a / to many
(/http://whatever.com)

You might be able to fix up the URL by enabling acceleration and use a
redirector helper to strip the first path, but keep in mind that Squid
only looks at the URL's and not the HTML content, so any links in the
retreived HTML pages will most likely be "wrong".

> If not, what else do I need ? Pointers appreciated ! TIA.

Deploying a proxy where there already are a large number of users isn't
an easy task. proxies are best used when the browser is configured to
use the proxy.

If your users are LAN users and mostly uses IE5 then you can automate
the needed configuration by using WPAD.

If your users are LAN users logging on to a Windows domain then a logon
script can be used to change the needed settings in the browsers.

A simple method for getting people to change the browser settings is to
tell them that they must change the browser settings, and then
temporarily block port 80 access.

If you have no control of the users computers, and asking the users to
change the proxy settings is not possible, then about the only option
left is to use transparent proxying.

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Henrik Nordstrom
Squid Hacker