Re: [squid-users] Connecting two networks via Squid

Chris Robertson wrote:
> Harry Griff wrote:
>> Thanks very much for your reply Chris!
>> First off, I'm stuck using 2.5. It was a lot of work getting squid
>> installed in the first place since the linux machine is located in
>> another country and the administrator there is really unhelpful...
>
> That's going to make things tough.
>
>>
>>>> The HTTP part looks fine, but you won't be able to make a secure
>>>> connection on port 443. It's set up as a http_port, not a
>>>> https_port, for start. You can proxy secure connections over a
>>>> http_port (it uses a tunneling method called "CONNECT").
>>>>
>>
>> Do you mean that I should remove the line -
>>
>> http_port 10.20.1.1:443
>>
>> and have my clients connect to 10.20.1.1:80 for both http and https?
>> If not, what should I be doing for https?
>>
>
> It depends on which route you take... If you go for the accelerator
> setup, you are going to want both a http_port and a https_port line. If
> you have your clients specify a proxy server in their browser, then all
> you need is the http_port.

Major problems here though: multiple-ports/multiple-modes was added in
Squid-2.6.

Barry, if you can get yourself a shell access and build squid yourself
might be an option if the admin is that unhelpful. Or consider hunting
about for a host/admin who is more helpful.

Amos

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