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How to Install and Configure Squid Proxy on Ubuntu 20.04

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Eutychus Towett
Jan 3, 2022

Squid Proxy is a caching proxy, supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. It reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages. Squid has extensive access controls and makes a great server accelerator. It runs on most available operating systems.

This guide details how to install and configure Squid Proxy on Ubuntu 20.04

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Eutychus Towett

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