Hello Mikko You need to change/add three statements in the squid.conf file: HTTP-Accel-Host virtual HTTP-Accel with proxy ON HTTP-Accel uses Host-Header ON That should do it Plus Squid has to be compiled with the directive --enable-linux-netfilter (if you use Linux) Arthur On Thursday 17 July 2003 08:24, Mikko Alutoin wrote: > Hi, > > I have a question about transparent proxying. Suppose I have the following > rule in my kernel: > > iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth1 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT > --to-port 3128 > > The purpose of the rule is that all web traffic is captured by a proxy > listening to a local port. Now the question: > > How does the proxy get to know the original destination IP address and > port? By looking into the HTTP-request, perhaps? If so, what if the > application protocol (some other than HTTP) does not contain the > destination URL? > > Cheers, > Mikko --
