On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Abdul Khader wrote: > I want to configure squid to support socks and I want > squid to know how to do it.
Squid is a HTTP proxy. To provide SOCKS proxy capabilities to your users you need a SOCKS proxy in addition to Squid. This can run on the same server as Squid with no problem. Dante <url:http://www.inet.no/dante/> is a good free SOCKS proxy. If you want Squid to connect to the Internet using a parent SOCKS proxy then you need to socksify Squid. The tools for doing so is included in the SOCKS software. > I also want my squid to allow pop/smtp and ftp. Each of these require their own proxy softare. Or alternatively you can look into using NAT/Masquerade. Squid can proxy FTP requests from web browsers only (HTTP aware clients configured to use Squid as proxy for ftp:// requests) Regards Henrik
