Squid Transparent Proxying

Introduction

Transparent proxies cache HTTP requests without the need for client-side configuration.

Setting it up

* Edit squid.conf and...

Add:

http_port 80

Change:

redirect_rewrites_host_header off
httpd_accel_host virtual
httpd_accel_port 80
httpd_accel_with_proxy on
httpd_accel_uses_host_header on

* Redirect all dst-port 80 traffic to the interface of the proxy server