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Old 11-25-2008, 02:29 AM   #1
priceey
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Squid.conf help


Hi there

I am hoping someone can help me....

I am trying to configure a squid proxy so I can access the internet through my PC from anywhere on the internet.

I have configured squid as a proxy, and this seems to work very well from my internal network, but I cannot access it from anywhere else.

I understand that having an open web proxy can be pretty dangerous, so I have configured it with the ncsa_auth program.

I think the problem lies with the acl lines in the squid.conf

Can anyone shed some light on how I can get access from outside?

I have opened the ports I want to use on my router, so I don't think thats the problem.

Thanks in advance

P.
 
Old 11-25-2008, 02:41 AM   #2
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if you think the problem is in the acl lines, maybe you should actually tell us what the acl lines are??

personally i'd suggest not using squid for this. instead i prefer using just ssh on the server and using putty from windows to make a socks proxy with little configuration on the server side.
 
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sounds to me more like a port forwarding issue off the bat, as you've not mentioned that at all in your post.

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Old 11-26-2008, 08:51 AM   #4
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thanks for the post

the ssh tunnel is just what i am after

thanks for the help
 
  


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