RE: [squid-users] proxy anonymous

 
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> >>hi and good week(-end all
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> >>can i configure squid to be anonymous proxy ?
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> > What do you mean by 'anonymous' ?
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> > M.
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> anonymous in a sense that nobody can trace my ip or my os settings
> when i surf the net
 
  Set
 
      forwared_for off

  in squid.conf.

  Then SQUID will set(use) 'X-Forwarded-for:unknown' in the http request headers.
  And the remote site will no longer be able to detect your ip address.

  For testing , how much they know about you , so to speak. Check , for instance
  before and after making changes to squid.conf with :

        http://www.showmyip.com/

 M.

  M.
Received on Mon Jun 14 2004 - 00:30:04 MDT