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Benjamin Crouzier
Asked: 2013-08-01 01:06:59 +0800 CST

/etc/hosts configuration file is ignored when behind a squid proxy

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I put this in my /etc/hosts file:

198.252.206.16  stackoverflowtest.com

And when I try stackoverflowtest.com in my browser, I get this squid error: 

ERROR

The requested URL could not be retrieved

The following error was encountered while trying to retrieve the URL: http://stackoverflowtest.com/

Unable to determine IP address from host name stackoverflowtest.com

The DNS server returned:

Name Error: The domain name does not exist.
This means that the cache was not able to resolve the hostname presented in the URL. Check if the address is correct.

Your cache administrator is webmaster.

Instead of this:

Stack exchange
Couldn't find 198.252.206.16
...

Why squid breaks the hostfile ? Any workaround ?

mac-osx

1 Answers

  1. You would need to update the hosts file on the squid server. The reason for this is that your browser sends the target URL to the proxy, and does not locally resolve the hostname.

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