Okay so i have cleared down my config and below is the current setup... Squid.conf : root@webserver [/usr/local/squid/var]# cat ../etc/squid.conf # SQUID 3.0.STABLE5 Custom mywebsiteConfiguration File # ACL Configuration acl manager proto cache_object acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 acl localnet src 10.0.0.0/8 # RFC1918 possible internal network acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/12 # RFC1918 possible internal network acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC1918 possible internal network acl SSL_ports port 443 acl Safe_ports port 80 # http acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp acl Safe_ports port 443 # https acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered 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 # multiling http acl CONNECT method CONNECT # HTTP access directives http_access allow manager localhost http_access deny manager # Deny requests to unknown ports http_access deny !Safe_ports # Deny CONNECT to other than SSL ports #http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports http_access allow localnet acl port80 port 80 acl mysites dstdomain www.mywebsite.co.uk http_access allow port80 mysites http_access deny all #Allow ICP queries from local networks only icp_access allow localnet icp_access deny all #Allow HTCP queries from local networks only htcp_access allow localnet htcp_access deny all # EM Reverse Proxy config 1 http_port MYIP:80 accel vhost cache_peer 127.0.0.1 parent 80 0 no-query originserver #We recommend you to use at least the following line. hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ? # Log Configuration access_log /usr/local/squid/var/logs/access.log squid # cache_log /usr/local/squid/var/logs/cache.log # cache_store_log /usr/local/squid/var/logs/store.log # logfile_rotate 10 # Refresh Defaults refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080 refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440 refresh_pattern (cgi-bin|\?) 0 0% 0 refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320 #Default: cache_effective_user squid cache_effective_group squid # ICP OPTIONS # icp_port 0 icp_port 3130 # Coredump Options coredump_dir /usr/local/squid/var/cache Apache virtual host config : <VirtualHost *> ServerName webserver.mywebsite.co.uk DocumentRoot /usr/local/apache/htdocs ServerAdmin test@xxxxxxxx </VirtualHost> With this i get 133 194.159.145.70 TCP_MISS/404 689 GET http://www.mywebsite.co.uk/ - FIRST_UP_PARENT/127.0.0.1 text/html in the squid access log. but a 404 served from the webserver to my user. -- View this message in context: http://squid-web-proxy-cache.1019090.n4.nabble.com/Squid-Concerns-tp2264334p2265521.html Sent from the Squid - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.