Squid is a free, cross-platform caching proxy primarily used for web documents. Licensed under the GNU GPL, it runs on most available platforms, including Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Windows. It supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and other protocols.
Questions tagged [squid]
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Linux: no space left on device error with 50% free space
After spending a day crushing my head on the desk I would appreciate some help.
I'm running a Squid-Proxy on Fedora 14. Even if I try to touch /tmp/foo I'll receive a "no space left on device" error. I've already ran fsck. If I delete a file of say,…
Layticia
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Simple way to monitor and analyze home network traffic, via proxy?
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I'm looking for a way to create a simple list/log/database of the URLs my home computers have accessed. This list should show Domains, Urls, Timestamps, bytes sent/rec'd and that's about it.
Background
On my home network I have frequent…
gMale
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Squid Network - Warning subnetwork
Executing the following command:
squid-k parse
I get the following warnings:
WARNING: (B) '127.0.0.1' is a subnetwork of (A) '127.0.0.1'
2014/03/19 16:43:41| WARNING: because of this '127.0.0.1' is ignored to keep splay tree searching…
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How to cache all data with squid (Facebook, videos, downloads and .exe) on QNAP
Can anyone help me to cache Facebook, all videos, downloads, pictures and webpages in my squid server on my QNAP?
Below is my config. I want to use 4 GB for the cache.
I have tried everything and it is not working right.
# The user name and group…
user3244096
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Simple authentication in Squid
I need to run a squid server in order to code and test another program against a proxy. So I downloaded Squid for Windows, configured for running without authentication and everything works. So far so good.
Now I need to setup authentication, and I…
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Squid3 Caching websites works but not for large files despite max size 6GB
For a homelab environment, I setup a Squid 3.3.8 Caching server on CentOS 7 (minimal) as a proxy server (not as the default gateway with transparent caching).
With a Xubuntu client, I setup proxy networking with:
export…
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how to use privoxy with http proxy as parent that requires authentication?
How can i forward http parent proxy using privoxy when parent proxy requires authentication.
I had read something about headers but i have no idea how to add headers in privoxy config .
jack
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How can I access blocked sites while in China?
I have some colleagues who need to go to China for work, however while they're there, they can't access a lot of sites. One of which is GMail (Google Apps), which they need for work.
We have a UK based Ubuntu server, which I have root access…
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Where does the Squid proxy stores its cache files?
Imagine that I have hosted a web server. And to speed up things I have used an http caching proxy called Squid. Where actually squid stores its cache files and how long will it remain there? I am on a Linux system.
Anandu M Das
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Where to supply Authentication details to the Network Proxy (Central Proxy) on Fedora?
My system is running Fedora 16 and I live in a campus where we use LAN to connect to the Internet. And for this, we use an http proxy with authentication (username & password).
I tried putting the proxyaddress:port in the Network Proxy settings…
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How to selectively filter videos from YouTube with Squid
Here's the scenario: I have a 7 and 4 year old and I'm setting up a computer for them to use which would include unsupervised times. I've set up squid so that they can only get to websites that are in my whitelist for them, but I'd like to make…
Daryl Hanson
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HTTPS (letsencrypt) squid proxy on a domain?
I'd like to make a HTTPS squid proxy (this kind) that can be used by anyone to access any site. This is not a reverse proxy, it is for the whole internet. For security reasons, IPs on my subnet should not be allowed to be accessed. I got a…
user631567
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I'm using Firefox, configured to use a Squid proxy. Can the browser-proxy connection be HTTPS?
And what about Chrome, Opera, and Safari? (IE can go pound sand)
Clarifying, I have the power to reconfigure Squid if necessary.
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difference between parent and sibling in squid's cache_peer directive
I want to know what differs in the following two lines:
cache_peer cache.myparent.example parent 3128 3130
cache_peer cache.sibling.example sibling 3128 3130
For you reference, this says:
If you have to use your Internet Service Provider's cache,…
schemacs
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How to force Google safesearch on entire network
I've a problem filtering web searches on Google domains.
Currently I've a linux openVPN Server running with openDNS "family block".
I can block a lot of websites with dangerous content and it's ok.
The problem is: How do you filter Google Search now…
