On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 5:29 PM, poncenby <smythe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi list, [...] > On a client machine I change the browser's proxy settings and all http > is forwarded fine. > > I then clear the proxy setting and make a static entry in /etc/hosts on > the client machine for a website. Upon visiting this website i get an error > saying: > > The following error was encountered while trying to retrieve the URL: / > > Invalid URL > [...] > So my question is, can squid be configured to forward traffic in the > scenario of changing the DNS? What you are doing on the client is for all practical purposes the same as setting up a reverse-proxy. If that is what you really want to do, then you need to configure squid appropriately. You can check http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/ReverseProxy out to get a first idea of what you need. -- /kinkie
