how do we setup squid?

[Scot L. Harris]

On Mon, 2004-06-14 at 07:07, bryan at redfedora.co.uk wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "david" <davidh at niitsa.com>
> To: <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 11:07 AM
> Subject: how do we setup squid?
> 
> 
> > Hi there,
> >
> >
> > could any1 pls tell me how to set up squid as a proxy server?
> > i hav started the squid service under services.
> > what do I do next? Or where can I set it up?
> 
> It's all controlled by the squid.conf file, if you take a peek in etc/squid
> you'll see it in there. Read through the sample one then make the
> alterations you need and restart the service. Bingo your in business.
> 
> I use it at work as a proxy for all the windows machines and it really works
> well so it's well worth the effort getting it up and running.
> 
> Here's a quick link that will give you a leg up to get it functioning.
> 
> http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2001/07/26/squid.html
> 
> Bryan

The other part of this is that you will need to configure your browser
to point to the proxy server.  If you are trying to enforce this for a
site with lots of people the firewall is typically setup to deny access
on port 80 from anyone except the proxy server.  This forces the users
to use the proxy.  

If you don't reconfigure your browser to point to the proxy server then
it will not do anything for you.

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