Re: [squid-users] geoblock

Stephen Ryan wrote:
> Leonardo Rodrigues Magalhães wrote:
>>
>>
>> Stephen Ryan escreveu:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I was hoping to use my squid proxy to watch some live streaming video
>>> on the web. Imagine my dismay when I access the stream and found I
>>> was 'geo-blocked' :) . Somehow the streaming site site realises my PC
>>> is remote, even though my squid proxy is local to the streaming site.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to use squid to get around my geoblock problem? Would
>>> it be something to do with SOCKS and anonymity? (some terms I picked
>>> up from incessant googling)
>>>
>>
>> if remote site detected your 'real' ip address, then you probably
>> should look:
>>
>> # TAG: forwarded_for on|off
>> # If set, Squid will include your system's IP address or name
>> # in the HTTP requests it forwards.
>> [ ...... ]
>> #Default:
>> # forwarded_for on
>>
>> in your squid.conf. Setting it to off will make squid stop sending
>> your real ip address.
>>
> Thanks for the tip, unfortunately it didnt solve the problem. Heres an
> excerpt from my logs.Somehow the streaming site knew and redirected me
> to the geoblock
>
> 1218234323.131 472 my.ip.add.ress TCP_MISS/200 938 GET
> http://dynamic.rte.ie/av/live/32gb/rte1-225.smil? - DIRECT/89.207.56.82
> application/smil
> 1218234369.271 34 my.ip.add.ress TCP_MEM_HIT/200 7219 GET
> http://dynamic.rte.ie/av/geoblocked_island.gif - NONE/- image/gif
>
>
> Maybe the streaming site doesnt like "X-Forwarded-For: unknown"....
>

There are extensions to XFF coming in squid 3.1 which should get around
this better.

Amos

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