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gunwin
Asked: 2012-04-18 12:14:46 +0800 CST

Squid Proxy - Hiding the proxy

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I have setup squid proxy on an ubuntu server with DB authentication. However, whilst connected to the proxy, if I visit http://www.whatismyip.com/ it still shows my ACTUAL ip address. How can I configure Squid to hide my IP and to hide the fact it's using squid.

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    By default, Squid has Forwarded-For turned on. For more info on what X-Forwarded-For is, have a gander at the Wikipedia article.

    In your situation, you'll want to edit your Squid configuration file to include this line: forwarded_for off and then restart /etc/init.d/squid restart (assuming a RPM-based distro).

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  2. I use this site to verify the proxy is properly hidden: http://www.lagado.com/proxy-test

    It's not enough to set forwarded_for off! It will still send X-Forwarded-For: unknown, so others will know you use some kind of proxy (although your IP is hidden).

    Add those 2 lines to your squid.conf file:

    forwarded_for delete
via off

    Then restart squid with service squid3 restart command, and you're done!

    More information:

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