Re: [squid-users] Help!

Hello,

        stunnel would most likely work through squid as long as the "CONNECT"
method is allowed. Then stunnel could run ANY application through squid.

A separate SOCKS server would be a better fit.

Michael.

Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Nov 2004, Ian Large wrote:
>
>> From what I have seen in a quick search of the web the
>> problem is probably that the old MS proxy handled SOCKS and
>> the squid doesn't.
>
>
> Squid is an HTTP proxy, not a SOCKS proxy. Squid and a SOCKS proxy can
> run just fine on the same server.
>
>> I have an application named stunnel
>> (v4.04) installed on the server which is, I understand, a
>> tool for tunnelling socks connections over http. Can I make
>> squid and this stunnel application work together or is
>> getting stunnel to work a completely separate issue? If so I
>> apologise for being off-topic.
>
>
> I would install a SOCKS proxy to supplement Squid on your proxy server.
>
> Regards
> Henrik
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