How to load squid was Re:localhost

Derek Broughton news at pointerstop.ca
Mon Feb 11 17:03:44 UTC 2008


Karl Larsen wrote:

> Padraig wrote:

>> Just out of curiosity...for what purpose are you using squid?  Squid is
>> used mainly as a proxy server for companies to restrict access to
>> non-productive and inappropriate websites.
>>
>>   
>     It is a very good filter of popup and other CRAP people send with
> their web pages.
> 
> I never see them if I can get squid and proxi loaded and working.

I agree squid is good for that, but you'll have trouble getting squid
working without a working understanding of IP address and local networks. 
I can't imagine Squid really want to know your "localhost" address -
everything knows that's 127.0.0.1.  
-- 
derek





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