Re: [squid-users] Squid as a SOCKS Proxy

From: Amos Jeffries <squid3@dont-contact.us>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:54:00 +1300 (NZDT)

>
> 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.

> 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 (carson@cugc.org)
>

That FAQ appears to be relating info for squid 1.1

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

Amos
Received on Tue Oct 23 2007 - 18:54:04 MDT

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