Re: [squid-users] how do I ensure that my request is passing through squid proxy

From: jyothi <jyothi_at_cse.iitm.ac.in>
Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 18:00:23 +0630

Thanks for the quick reply. I am using firefox, there I can only specify one proxy (that
is presently institution proxy), may be I don't know, could you please elaborate?

On Fri, 14 May 2010 23:26:25 +1200, Amos Jeffries wrote
> jyothi wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a doubt, I am using a proxy enabled network (which is provided by my
institution).
> > My browser is configured with the corresponding proxy in order to access the web pages.
> > I want to use squid proxy in order to serve some of my needs. I can't configure browser
> > with the squid as I need to my institution proxy to access the web. So all my requests
> > first should go to squid proxy then to the institution proxy. I did this by reading the
> > faq (How do I configure Squid forward all requests to another proxy?). But now my doubt
> > is how would I ensure that first my request is going to squid and then to my insti proxy
> > (as my browser is not configured with the squid)?
> >
>
> Since that Squid is using the Institution proxy you should configure
> your browser to use the Squid.
>
> So you end up with this:
> Browser -> Squid -> Institution Proxy -> Internet
>
> Amos
> --
> Please be using
> Current Stable Squid 2.7.STABLE9 or 3.1.3
Received on Fri May 14 2010 - 11:38:05 MDT

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