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Squid Proxy Server

Squid Proxy Server

 

Proxy server

Diagram of two computers connected only via a proxy server. The first computer says to the proxy server: "ask the second computer what the time is".

Communication between two computers (shown in grey) connected through a third computer (shown in red) acting as a proxy. Note that Bob doesn’t know whom the information is going to, which is why proxies can be used to protect privacy.

In computer networks, a proxy server is a server (a computer system or an application) that acts as an intermediary for requests from clients seeking resources from other servers. A client connects to the proxy server, requesting some service, such as a file, connection, web page, or other resource available from a different server and the proxy server evaluates the request as a way to simplify and control its complexity. Proxies were invented to add structure and encapsulation to distributed systems.[1]Today, most proxies are web proxies, facilitating access to content on the World Wide Web and providing anonymity.

Squid is a proxy server and web cache daemon. It has a wide variety of uses, from speeding up a web server by caching repeated requests; to caching web, DNS and other computer network lookups for a group of people sharing network resources; to aiding security by filtering traffic. Although primarily used for HTTP and FTP, Squid includes limited support for several other protocolsincluding TLS, SSL, Internet Gopher and HTTPS.

Squid was originally designed to run on Unix-like systems. A Windows port was maintained up to version 2.7, but more current versions are not being developed. Squid is free software released under the GNU General Public License.

Supported operating systems

Squid can run on the following operating systems:

  • AIX
  • BSDI
  • Digital Unix
  • FreeBSD
  • HP-UX
  • IRIX
  • Linux
  • Mac OS X
  • Microsoft Windows
  • NetBSD
  • NeXTStep
  • OpenBSD
  • OS/2 and eComStation
  • SCO OpenServer
  • Solaris
  • UnixWare

Content filtering,
URL Restriction,
Privillege Level of Internet Distribution,
Surfing Monitoring,
Reporting,
User,
Password,
Mac,
Active Directory,
MySql,
LDAP Integration,
MIME Protection,
Antivirus,
AntiSpy,
Control Panel,
Log Analysis,
Speedy Internet Connection,

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