How do I allow certain websites on squid?

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How do I allow certain websites on squid?

Squid Proxy allow access to some specific websites and deny all via webmin GUI

  1. once you click access control you will find option access control list and below screen.
  2. Select webserver Reg Exp from drop down menu.
  3. click on create new ACL.
  4. It will forward you to create access control list to be allowed for websites.

How do I block https sites using squid proxy?

You have to do some changes in squid.conf and here are the steps:

  1. open this file /etc/squid3/squid.conf.
  2. add these lines: acl bad_url dstdomain “/etc/squid3/bad-sites.acl” http_access deny bad_url.
  3. then go to /etc/squid3/bad-sites.acl and add domains with this format .google.com .msn.com .app.facebook.com.

How do I bypass Squid proxy?

How to Bypass the Squid Proxy

  1. Log in to your computer.
  2. Uncheck the tick-boxes for “Automatically Detect Settings,” “Use automatic configuration script” and “Use a proxy server for your LAN.” Click “OK” to any open dialog boxes and close Internet Explorer.
  3. Press “WIN” and “R” at the same time.

How do I enable squid cache?

How to enable caching on Squid for Windows? ¶

  1. Make sure that the directory d:\squidcachedir exists and empty (create with mkdir command if necessary).
  2. Add the caching directive to the config file squid.config.
  3. Stop the squid service.

How do I find the Squid server IP?

Install Proxy Server: Squid Proxy

  1. Step1: Update the server sudo yum update -y.
  2. Step 2: Configure EPEL repo.
  3. Step 3: Install squid sudo yum -y install squid.
  4. Step 4: Start and enable squid server.
  5. Step 5: Check the status of squid server.
  6. Step 1: Install httpd-tools sudo yum -y install httpd-tools.

What is squid block?

Squid is a Unix based web proxy application used to filter and cache web traffic and also block websites using a squid proxy. You can easily block, allow websites by domain name, keyword or extensions, restrict users, specify user’s network quota etc on the network using Squid.

How do I block a website with a proxy server?

Blocking an individual proxy website:

  1. Under App Control Advanced | View Style | Application, select a proxy website you wish to block. (In this example Kproxy)
  2. Click on the configure button.
  3. In the Edit App Control Application window, select Enable under Block and Log fields.
  4. Click on OK to save.

What port does Squid listen by default?

port 3128
By default, Squid launches a session listening on port 3128.