Re: [SQU] Replacing MS Proxy Server with Squid

From: Henrik Nordstrom <hno@dont-contact.us>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 22:06:25 +0100

Simple answer: Squid is not a MS Proxy server. Using a MS Proxy client
to talk to Squid won't work.

I guess you should be able to configure the directory in such a manner
that the MS proxy client is bypassed for all requests even if installed.

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Henrik Nordstrom
Squid hacker
STEPHEN wrote:
> 
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I intended to replace our MS Proxy Server with a Squid server. The squid
> works on when being access from non-Windows 2000 workstations. However,
> I have 600 Win2K workstations on campus. These cannot use Squid because
> they have installed something called the "Microsoft Winsock Proxy
> Client." Workstations using the MS Proxy Client simply time-out when
> trying to connect to Squid. In other words, simply changing their
> browsers to point at the Squid server is not sufficient, the Proxy
> Client needs to be disabled on each workstation. With the Proxy client
> removed (or by using a non-Win2k workstation with Netscape/IE,
> everything is OK).
> 
> I can easily make all the Win2K workstations browsers point to the Squid
> Server as proxy using Active Directory, but there is no way of going
> around all 600 workstations and removing the MS Proxy Client.
> 
> What is making Squid incompatible with MS PC? Is there a workaround?
> What does MS PC do? Effectively, Win2K workstations with MS PC installed
> cannot be moved over to Squid until a workaround can be found. I'd love
> to get Squid running, because MS Proxy Server has not nice features like
> filtering, detailed ACLs etc...
> 
> Hope someone can help!
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Stephen.
> 
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