Re: [squid-users] Squid performance degradation on Redhat linux 9.0 with security hole

From: Henrik Nordstrom <hno@dont-contact.us>
Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 12:37:11 +0200

On Sunday 11 May 2003 11.18, Rajkumar Chandrasekaran wrote:
> On redhat linux 9.0 when squid is running in
> transparent proxy mode there are some unknown
> ipaddresses which are contacting the pc on which squid
> is running and henceforth the performance of squid
> degrades to a great extent.

What do you get in access.log? Maybe there is a problem in your access
controls, allowing others to use your proxy..

Additionally, firewalling of Squid is generally recommended. There is
no reason external users should be able to at all talk to your Squid.

Regards
Henrik

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Received on Sun May 11 2003 - 04:36:01 MDT

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