Debian Tutorials » squid http://www.debiantutorials.com Copy/Paste tutorials for Debian Linux Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:35:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Installing and configuring Squid proxy server http://www.debiantutorials.com/installing-and-configuring-squid-proxy-server/ http://www.debiantutorials.com/installing-and-configuring-squid-proxy-server/#comments Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:05:25 +0000 aip http://www.debiantutorials.net/installing-and-configuring-squid-proxy-server/ Squid is a caching proxy supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. It reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages. Squid has extensive access controls and makes a great server accelerator.

1. Install the Squid package

apt-get install squid

2. Allow your ip network to use the proxy server (pico /etc/squid/squid.conf). Append lines similar to these to your config

file:

acl mynetwork src 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0
http_access allow mynetwork

Replace 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 with the network that should be able to use the proxy.

3. Don't forward client ip information (optional)

forwarded_for off

4. Restart the daemon

/etc/init.d/squid restart

5. Configure your web browser or application your would like to use the proxy server to connect to serverip at port 3128.

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