Re: [squid-users] geoblock

Leonardo Rodrigues Magalhães wrote:
>
>
> Stephen Ryan escreveu:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was hoping to use my squid proxy to watch some live streaming video
>> on the web. Imagine my dismay when I access the stream and found I
>> was 'geo-blocked' :) . Somehow the streaming site site realises my PC
>> is remote, even though my squid proxy is local to the streaming site.
>>
>> Is there a way to use squid to get around my geoblock problem? Would
>> it be something to do with SOCKS and anonymity? (some terms I picked
>> up from incessant googling)
>>
>
> if remote site detected your 'real' ip address, then you probably
> should look:
>
> # TAG: forwarded_for on|off
> # If set, Squid will include your system's IP address or name
> # in the HTTP requests it forwards.
> [ ...... ]
> #Default:
> # forwarded_for on
>
> in your squid.conf. Setting it to off will make squid stop sending
> your real ip address.
>
Thanks for the tip, unfortunately it didnt solve the problem. Heres an
excerpt from my logs.Somehow the streaming site knew and redirected me
to the geoblock

1218234323.131 472 my.ip.add.ress TCP_MISS/200 938 GET
http://dynamic.rte.ie/av/live/32gb/rte1-225.smil? - DIRECT/89.207.56.82
application/smil
1218234369.271 34 my.ip.add.ress TCP_MEM_HIT/200 7219 GET
http://dynamic.rte.ie/av/geoblocked_island.gif - NONE/- image/gif

Maybe the streaming site doesnt like "X-Forwarded-For: unknown"....

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