Chris Robertson wrote: > J. Bakshi wrote: >> Dear list, >> >> If I transfer money to wirecard bank outside Germany it says >> " Please note that Wirecard is currently not offered in your country." >> >> But I have no problem to do the same when I'm in Germany. >> >> Hence I have installed squid version-3 in a dedicated server located in >> Germany. I have configured it to work as an anonymous server with >> nsca_auth. Configured firefox to use that proxy and it shows the German >> IP. Even I can do my transaction with wirecard. >> >> What still is knocking me is the resource required to run the squid. >> That proxy is only required to work as an anonymous so that I can get >> the German IP whenever required. IS there any way to cut down the other >> features of a standard proxy from squid , so that it will be only an >> anonymous proxy ? >> > > What features are you looking to cut? Why do you feel that Squid is > using a lot of resources? As I'm only using it as anonymous, I like to disable the other features like caching etc... etc..... Regarding authentication I mean to provide the userid/password in encrypted form, that's why I'm asking for SSL. Does digest auth do the same ? please suggest me. Thanks > >> The authentication is based on nsca_auth and the access is based on >> http. Is in not a security risk ? I mean the userid/password flows as >> plain text. HOw can I encrypt it with SSL ? >> > > Use digest auth instead. No browsers perform proxy auth over SSL. > >> Kindly enlighten me. >> Thanks >> ~~ >> > > Chris >
