Re: Squid on linux firewall box.

Vincent Gailliez wrote:

> When I stop the firewall rules, Squid starts and works correctly.
> Once the firewall rules are added with ipchains, I receive this message.
> This is not a firewall problem because nslookup works !!!

I think it is indeed a firewall issue. Your firewall rules probably
block communication on the loopback interface, making all kinds of
trouble for internal applications using TCP/IP.

Make sure traffic on the "lo" interface is always accepted.

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Henrik Nordstrom
Squid hacker