Re: [squid-users] Re: Transparent proxy in the same machine

Vivek wrote:
> Amos,
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> Thanks for your reply.
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> We did with tcp_outgoing_tos packet marking. (Redirect all the packet
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> Is it correct or it will create any problems?
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I don't know of any problems it would cause.
You may be interested in the ZPH QoS additions made to the most current
Squid to permit origin-type markings of packets sent to the client.

http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Features/QualityOfService

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> Do share your views.
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> Thanks,
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: Amos Jeffries <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz>
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> To: Vivek <viveksnv_at_aol.in>
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> Cc: squid-users_at_squid-cache.org
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> Sent: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 1:05 pm
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> Subject: [squid-users] Re: Transparent proxy in the same machine
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> Vivek wrote:
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>> Hi All,
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>> I am trying to use squid on my machine and I dont want to do the
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>> settings for all the browsers that I use. So I have configure squid
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>> transparent mode and redirected the http request to port 3128.
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>> How do I differentiate the browser request and the squid's forward
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>> request and how to add an iptables exception ?.
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> You can't on the same machine.
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> Try setting the environment global: http_proxy="http://127.0.0.1:3128/"
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> (assuming thats the IP/port squid is listening for localhost stuff.
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> Then your browsers and other software only need to be set to 'use system
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> settings'. That setting is the default on a lot of system utilities, so
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> it catches their web access to useful effect too.
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Amos

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