I found the issue! First problem was indeed the fact i was using squid in transparent mode which was wrong. Second was the missing vhost option. Third was i was specifying my cache_peer on 127.0.0.1 but the virtual host was restricted to the external IP address so didnt pick it up. A huge HUGE thanks to all on this board for your help. Legends :) Thanks Ed -- View this message in context: http://squid-web-proxy-cache.1019090.n4.nabble.com/Squid-Concerns-tp2264334p2265529.html Sent from the Squid - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.