Squid Proxy Quick Start Guide

First install dependency: yum install gcc-c++

Download squid, e.g. the file squid-3.X.STABLEXX.tar.gz
tar xvzf squid-3.X.STABLEXX.tar.gz
change dirs
./configure --enable-icap-client
make
make install

Comment out the allow from local network:
sed -rie '/http_access allow localnet/ s/^/#/' /usr/local/squid/etc/squid.conf
Start up squid in interactive mode:
/usr/local/squid/sbin/squid -N -d1

Add the squid IP and port (3128) to the browser proxy configuration.
Try surfing to a website; you will see:


ERROR

The requested URL could not be retrieved

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


Access Denied.

Access control configuration prevents your request from being allowed at this time. Please contact your service provider if you feel this is incorrect.


Do:
Ctl-C
sed -rie '/http_access allow localnet/ s/^#//' squid.conf

/usr/local/squid/sbin/squid -N -d1

Browse to a site.

To check the access
do: tail /usr/local/squid/var/logs/access.log