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Setting up ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) server with squid 3 as a Transparent Proxy

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 24, 2010

[ Thanks to dave for
this link. ]

“Squid is a caching proxy for the Web 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, including Windows and
is licensed under the GNU GPL.

“Thanks to Jayson for this guide

“Complete Steps in Setting up UBUNTU Server 10 with SQUID 3 as a
Transparent Proxy.

“Step 1. Install the Ubuntu Server 10, include LAMP if you
want

“Step 2. Change the network interfaces from dhcp to static”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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