Re: [squid-users] Really transparent proxy

Chris,

Is setting via off the same as header_access Via deny all?

Thanks,
 Bryan

On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 20:39 -0400, Chris Robertson wrote:
> omero omero wrote:
> > Hello Facundo,
> >
>
> SNIP
>
> > You want to
> > prevent internet servers from detecting that your are
> > behind a proxy, therefore you need to disable
> > transmission of Via and XFF.
> >
> > To do that, add the following 2 lines to your squid
> > conf file and don't forget to restart the service
> > after you save the file:
> >
> > forwarded_for off
> > via off
> >
>
> One last detail. Setting "forwarded_for off" doesn't disable the
> transmission of the X-Forwarded-For header. It just
> removes detail from what it normally transmits. To wit:
>
> # TAG: forwarded_for on|off
> # If set, Squid will include your system's IP address or name
> # in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like
> # this:
> #
> # X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
> #
> # If you disable this, it will appear as
> #
> # X-Forwarded-For: unknown
> #
>
> Chris
>
Received on Mon May 07 2007 - 05:29:13 MDT