Hello, Hope someone could help me. I am using a squid proxy (squid-2.5.STABLE13-1.FC4) behind another squid proxy and firewall. The my squid.conf is below. ################################################################## cache_dir ufs /var/spool/squid 100 16 256 cache_log /var/log/squid/cache.log cache_access_log /var/log/squid/access.log cache_store_log /var/log/squid/store.log cache_swap_log /var/log/squid/swap.log logfile_rotate 10 cache_replacement_policy GDSF acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 #http_access deny all acl manager proto cache_object acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255 acl SSL_ports port 443 563 acl Safe_ports port 80 # http acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp acl Safe_ports port 443 563 # https, snews acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregisterd ports acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker acl Safe_ports port 777 # fultiling http acl CONNECT method CONNECT http_access allow manager localhost http_access allow manager http_access deny !Safe_ports http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports http_access allow localhost http_reply_access allow all ipc_access allow all acl cdelan src 192.168.0.1-192.168.0.254/255.255.255.0 http_access allow cdelan cache_peer proxy.duix.org parent 3128 0 no-query prefer_direct off ############################################################ Systems which use this particular syststem as proxy can browse every website except which uses port 443. Eg: www.google.com, www.hotmail.com, www.yahoo.com. Following is the error message i get when i try to access www.gmail.com ===================================================== ERROR The requested URL Could not be retrieved While trying to retrieve the URL : www.google.com:443 The following error was encountered * Connection to 66.102.7.104 Failed System returned (111) connection refused The remote host or the network may be down. Please try again ================================================== ################################################################