Problems with a Squid Proxy

Problems with a Squid Proxy | eHow.com @media screen and (max-width: 1050px) {.ChannelBanner { padding:0 Problems with a Squid Proxy By Marie Cartwright,eHow Contributorupdated: November 24, 2010I want to do this!What's This? Running your own proxy is a complicated process, with an error message for every variable. New users of the Squid caching proxy may be unfamiliar with some of these messages and the sort of error that they indicate. Though there are dozens of potential error messages, some of the most common problems are the simplest to diagnose.UpgradeMany problems reported by users have been patched in version 2.6. If you are using any versions older than 2.6, an upgrade is in order. Visit the Squid website to download and install the most recent version.Illegal CharactersSometimes, proxy errors are due to the use of characters that are not recognized by the proxy hosts. Underscores are the most common cause of this error. Squid can be reconfigured to accept underscores as a recognized character by adding "enable_underscores on" to squid.conf.Cannot Bind SocketA socket error message means that some other process is using the port that your proxy normally uses. This can easily be remedied by closing down conflicting processes.HotmailUsers trying to access Hotmail from behind a Squid proxy often run into the troubling message "Intrusion Logged. Access denied." Unfortunately, this is a Hotmail problem, not a Squid problem. Hotmail is well-known for being incompatible with proxies.Connection RefusedIt goes without saying that connecting to another server is impossible if the other server is unresponsive. A "Connection Refused" error message means that even though your proxy is trying to connect, nobody's home on the other end. This likely indicates a temporary server crash. References Squid: FAQ/Troubleshooting