I understand that there are some problems associated with configuring Squid (2.5S6 + patches) as a transparent proxy. Are there any negative affects from having a transparent config even if the browsers are directly addressing the cache?
On my (Linux, RedHat v9) LAN the browsers should all be configured to point to the Squid proxy. However there is the occasional lapse, such as from newly-installed browser or a guest system on the network. I would like to have a transparent config in place to ensure that all HTTP traffic goes through the proxy, but not at the cost of introducing problems for all the correctly configured browsers. So, if I enable transparent proxying with these options: httpd_accel_port 80 httpd_accel_host virtual httpd_accel_with_proxy on httpd_accel_uses_host_header on (together with an iptables rule) will there be problems on the browsers that are already explicitly configured to address the proxy? Thanks.
