Re: squid+transparent proxy

From: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@dont-contact.us>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 01:34:52 +0300

well I have tried acl lists but now I am not able to use cachemgr.cgi!!!
because I am not able to connect to my own proxy : )
I will try the other methods : ) thanks...

Henrik Nordstrom wrote:

> Evren Yurtesen wrote:
> > now I have this problem, the machine is trying to connect to itself...
>
> I think almost everyone who have tried to build a transparent proxy
> setup have been bitten by this one.
>
> Measures you can take:
> * Deny Squid from fetching objects from itself (using ACL lists).
> * Apply a small patch that prevents Squid from looping infinitely
> (available from http://hem.passagen.se/hno/squid/)
> * Don't run Squid on port 80, and redirect port 80 not destinated for
> the local machine to Squid (redirection == ipfilter/ipfw/ipfadm). This
> avoids the most common loops.
> * If you are using ipfilter then you should also use transproxyd in
> front of Squid. Squid does not yet know how to interface to ipfilter
> (pathes are welcome: squid-bugs@ircache.net).
>
> ---
> Sparetime Squid Hacker
Received on Wed Aug 12 1998 - 15:35:57 MDT

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