Re: [squid-users] Use Squid as browser hijack deterrent (so far not working)

From: Tim Bates <tin_at_new-life.org.au>
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:09:55 +1100

david_at_davidwbrown.name wrote:
> I am running: a Linux router/gateway, heavily firewalled (iptables) but with the attack I installed Squid. I created two system files with ACLs to match: bad_src_ip and bad_url_regex. From the Linux box ps shows that squid is running but the logs show no activity at all albeit OK access or error. Moreover, I can ping and tracert to the URLs and IPs I think I am blocking.
Have you set up squid as a transparent proxy? Squid won't be used by
clients that don't specifically ask to use it, unless you redirect
traffic to it with iptables.

TB

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