Setup: Gentoo linux OS on squid and privoxy home lan server Squid-3.1.12 privoxy-3.0.17 I'm not running an html server, just trying to use squid and privoxy for my own browsing. I'm attempting to get started with squid and privoxy. So far using nearly original config files in both cases. First I tried just using privoxy without squid and that seemed to work OK. I set the privoxy listen-address in /etc/privoxy/config like: listen-address 192.168.0.2:8118 (The address of a gmane box on the lan) I was not able to access gmail thru a firefox gadget but could get gmail directly alright. But other than that, No real noticeable change in browsing speed as against NO proxy at all. I then used this website to help setup squid: https://www.antagonism.org/web/squid-proxy.shtml And did the things suggested there. Chaining in this direction: Browser -> Squid -> Privoxy -> Privoxy's IP -> Public Internet Adding squid into the mix... I Added these two lines to the end of squid.conf: cache_peer 192.168.0.2 parent 8118 0 default no-query no-digest no-netdb-exchange never_direct allow all And uncommented these lines in squid.conf: acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/24 # RFC1918 possible internal network header_access From deny all header_access Referer deny all header_access Server deny all header_access User-Agent deny all header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all header_access Link deny all other wise the defaults were left in place ------- --------- ---=--- --------- -------- With squid in the mix, things began to crawl... Apparently I've jacked up the config enough that browsing is now painful rather that snappy. Can anyone spot some kind of nastiness I've introduced?