Re: [squid-users] Wrong country recognition on websites after Squid configured as transparent proxy

From: Hasanen AL-Bana <hasanen_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:41:04 +0300

Probably you have configured some private IP address behind squid that
looks like a US ip address , this will fix it for you :
forwarded_for off
add it to squid.conf

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:37 PM, Piotr Pawlowski
<piotr.pawlowski_at_goyello.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Squid users,
>
> I've configured Squid as transparent proxy on my linux-based router.
> Everything is working fine, but one thing is really bothering me.
> After entering any website, my public IP is recognized as it becomes
> from US. I.e. currency on international shops becomes US dollar ; some
> wordpress statistics applications gives our IP US flag in graphical
> access_log presentation. Im sure, that problem is in Squid, because
> when I temporary disable http via Squid, everything is working fine.
> Does anybody knows why this happens? How to configure Squid to
> represent all http requests as they belong to originate country
> (Poland, to be more specific).
> Thank you in advance for any tips or clues.
>
> Best Regards
> --
> Piotr Pawlowski
> GOYELLO System Administrator
Received on Mon Sep 12 2011 - 20:41:30 MDT

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