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[squid-users] Squid as a SOCKS Proxy
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Sathyan, Arjonan
2007-10-23 21:23:01 UTC
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Hi all,

Please let me know whether Squid can be used as a SOCKS Proxy... I found
an article in unix.org, kindly let me know whether the below given
information was true... Can I use Squid as s SOCKS Proxy server?

Reference:

URL: http://www.unix.org.ua/squid/FAQ-4.html

4.10 Does Squid support Socks?
We would like to use Squid, but we need it to use socks to connect to
the world outside our firewall.

No changes are necessary to use Squid with socks5. Simply add the usual
-Dbind=SOCKSbind etc., to the compile line and -lsocks to the link line.

--- Carson Gaspar (***@cugc.org)





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Sathyan Arjunan
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Adrian Chadd
2007-10-24 00:49:07 UTC
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Post by Sathyan, Arjonan
Hi all,
Please let me know whether Squid can be used as a SOCKS Proxy... I found
an article in unix.org, kindly let me know whether the below given
information was true... Can I use Squid as s SOCKS Proxy server?
No.
Post by Sathyan, Arjonan
URL: http://www.unix.org.ua/squid/FAQ-4.html
4.10 Does Squid support Socks?
We would like to use Squid, but we need it to use socks to connect to
the world outside our firewall.
No changes are necessary to use Squid with socks5. Simply add the usual
-Dbind=SOCKSbind etc., to the compile line and -lsocks to the link line.
Thats for having Squid use a SOCKS proxy for its internet access.
Just run a normal SOCKS proxy on the same box you run Squid; they'll coexist
fine.



Adrian
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Amos Jeffries
2007-10-24 00:54:00 UTC
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Post by Sathyan, Arjonan
Hi all,
Please let me know whether Squid can be used as a SOCKS Proxy... I found
an article in unix.org, kindly let me know whether the below given
information was true... Can I use Squid as s SOCKS Proxy server?
No. Squid is an HTTP proxy, it does not receive SOCKS requests.
Post by Sathyan, Arjonan
URL: http://www.unix.org.ua/squid/FAQ-4.html
4.10 Does Squid support Socks?
We would like to use Squid, but we need it to use socks to connect to
the world outside our firewall.
No changes are necessary to use Squid with socks5. Simply add the usual
-Dbind=SOCKSbind etc., to the compile line and -lsocks to the link line.
That FAQ appears to be relating info for squid 1.1

The current FAQ is at
http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq

Amos
Vadim Pushkin
2007-10-31 15:46:19 UTC
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Approved: ***@xs4all.nl

Perhaps Squid is unable to run as a socks server, but there is nothing at
all preventing you from running a socks server on the same host, different
port. i.e. Socks on port 1080 and Squid on 8080 or 80 even.

.vp
Subject: Re: [squid-users] Squid as a SOCKS Proxy
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:54:00 +1300 (NZDT)
Post by Sathyan, Arjonan
Hi all,
Please let me know whether Squid can be used as a SOCKS Proxy... I found
an article in unix.org, kindly let me know whether the below given
information was true... Can I use Squid as s SOCKS Proxy server?
No. Squid is an HTTP proxy, it does not receive SOCKS requests.
Post by Sathyan, Arjonan
URL: http://www.unix.org.ua/squid/FAQ-4.html
4.10 Does Squid support Socks?
We would like to use Squid, but we need it to use socks to connect to
the world outside our firewall.
No changes are necessary to use Squid with socks5. Simply add the usual
-Dbind=SOCKSbind etc., to the compile line and -lsocks to the link line.
That FAQ appears to be relating info for squid 1.1
The current FAQ is at
http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq
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