Re: [squid-users] Squid as a SOCKS Proxy

On Tue, Oct 23, 2007, Sathyan, Arjonan wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Please let me know whether Squid can be used as a SOCKS Proxy... I found
> an article in unix.org, kindly let me know whether the below given
> information was true... Can I use Squid as s SOCKS Proxy server?

No.

> Reference:
>
> URL: http://www.unix.org.ua/squid/FAQ-4.html
>
> 4.10 Does Squid support Socks?
> We would like to use Squid, but we need it to use socks to connect to
> the world outside our firewall.
>
> No changes are necessary to use Squid with socks5. Simply add the usual
> -Dbind=SOCKSbind etc., to the compile line and -lsocks to the link line.

Thats for having Squid use a SOCKS proxy for its internet access.
Just run a normal SOCKS proxy on the same box you run Squid; they'll coexist
fine.

Adrian

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