I am not using browser, I am using HttpsURLConnection to connect to a url using https. -----Original Message----- From: Amos Jeffries [mailto:squid3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 6:24 PM To: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: How to configure squid2.7 to allow https On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:39:17 -0500, "Ho, Oiling" <oiling.ho@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I add the following line to my squid.conf: > > https_port 3129 cert=c:/squid/sbin/cert.pem key=c:/squid/sbin/key.pem > > But I am unable to connect to the internet using https, and http works > fine, does anyone know why? > > Thanks, > Oiling > http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/https_port/ "The socket address where Squid will listen for HTTPS client requests. This is really only useful for situations where you are running squid in accelerator mode and you want to do the SSL work at the accelerator level." Does your browser use HTTPS to communicate with squid? no then this option is not for you. HTTPS requests are normally sent inside CONNECT requests. These are permitted by the default config. See http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/http_access/ Oh yes, nearly forgot, just in case... http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/OrderIsImportant Amos =============================================================================== Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html ===============================================================================