[H-GEN] Squid + transparent proxy problems

[Edwin Groothuis]

On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 12:26:16AM +1000, Harry Phillips wrote:
> I imagine that you could do that with 2.5 or greater as per this:
> http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-1.html#ss1.12

Aha, that is cool.

> Seeing as it is just tunneling and/or using the CONNECT method then I 
> fail to see the benefit. From my understanding the stuff on the web page 
> is encrypted so only the two ends can understand what it is.
> 
> This would mean that the same object requested in different sessions or 
> by a different client would look different to squid, so there is no 
> point. If it isn't encrypted then it would more than likely go via port 
> 80 and squid would handle that already.
> 
> Is there something I am missing or is my understanding faulty?

Access control and traffic monitoring. Nothing more, nothing less.

Edwin

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