Re: [squid-users] Using squid as transparent proxy causes problem with pages on https

Hey Matus,

I understand that issue. What i am saying is that i was able to
ssl_bump into the connections(i offloaded content to an ICAP server
and could see the de-ciphered text and logins) when i configured the
proxy in my browser. In that case squid acted like an ssl-endpoint?
and now in the case of transparently doing it, it is unable to do it?
Correct me if i am wrong.

regards,
-talha

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Matus UHLAR - fantomas
<uhlar_at_fantomas.sk> wrote:
> On 11.04.12 16:01, Ahmed Talha Khan wrote:
>>
>> So whats the advantage of the ssl_bump feature left then if it cannot
>> act as an ssl endpoint. Does squid not support ssl end-point
>> termination?
>
>
> I don't think so. Note that redirecting connection to your own machine and
> behave as the server is called "man-in-the-middle" attack, and it is a
> security breach.  SSL was designed to make secret, encrypted end-to-end
> connection between browser and a final server and it should remain so.
>
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Regards,
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