Hi Squid Users / Admins, Below is my squid.conf of 3.1.23 running on openSuSe 11.4 32-bit using transparent mode and Shoreline Firewall. The server controls five networks, four of them through VPNs. Problems... - Failure to access Internet on VPNs unless proxy settings are added - Failure to reach DNS and HQ public IP Address - Some "admin" IP addresses are randomly (time) blocked from accessing the Internet Where could we be going wrong? How can the set-up be improved? ## Start squid.conf acl manager proto cache_object acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 ::1 acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 0.0.0.0/32 ::1 alnet src fe80::/10 # RFC 4291 link-local (directly plugged) machines 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 acl usul src 10.40.1.0/24 10.40.2.0/24 10.40.3.0/24 10.40.4.0/24 10.40.5.0/24 acl noaccess src "/etc/squid/noaccess.txt" acl admin src "/etc/squid/admin.txt" acl a37 src "/etc/squid/one37.txt" acl srvips src "/etc/squid/srvips.txt" acl mgrs src "/etc/squid/mgrs.txt" acl clerix src "/etc/squid/clerix.txt" acl NoGenNet time MTWHFA 08:00-12:59 acl NoGenNet time MTWHFA 13:59-16:59 acl NoGenNet time S 07:00-12:59 acl NoGenNet time SMTWHFA 19:00-23:59 acl NoGenNet time SMTWHFA 00:00-06:59 acl YouTube time SMTWHFA 19:00-23:59 acl YouTube time SMTWHFA 00:00-07:59 acl nommq req_mime_type -i "/etc/squid/nommq.txt" acl donot urlpath_regex -i "/etc/squid/donot.txt" acl srvurls dstdomain -i "/etc/squid/srvurls.txt" acl fewurls dstdomain -i "/etc/squid/fewww.txt" acl one37 dstdomain -i "/etc/squid/url37.txt" acl malice dstdomain -i "/etc/squid/malware.acl" acl porn dstdomain -i "/etc/squid/xxx.acl" acl ads dstdomain -i "/etc/squid/ads.acl" acl tubeyou dstdomain -i "/etc/squid/utube.txt" http_access allow manager localhost http_access allow srvurls all http_access allow fewurls all http_access allow admin mgrs all http_access allow one37 a37 http_access deny tubeyou !YouTube http_access deny malice all http_access deny porn all http_access deny ads all http_access deny noaccess http_access deny srvips !srvurls all http_access deny NoGenNet clerix all http_access deny donot !admin http_access deny nommq !admin !mgrs http_access allow usul all http_access deny manager noaccess http_access deny !Safe_ports http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports http_access deny to_localhost http_access allow localhost http_access deny all error_directory /usr/share/squid/errors/en icp_access allow usul icp_access deny all htcp_access allow usul htcp_access deny all http_port 3128 intercept #http_port 80 intercept ## ?! #http_port 8080 intercept ## ?! #http_port all intercept ## Best each port above or this? hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ? cache_mem 400 MB cache_dir ufs /var/cache/squid 20000 16 256 coredump_dir /var/cache/squid access_log /var/log/squid/access.log squid minimum_object_size 512 KB maximum_object_size 4 MB maximum_object_size_in_memory 6 MB refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080 refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440 refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0 refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320 dns_nameservers 41.##.##.# 41.##.##.# visible_hostname ###### icp_port 3130 cache deny YouTube tubeyou ## End squid.conf -- Thank you and kind regards, I.P. Edmonds