After some more testing, it looks like, the DNS-hack could still be the best solution. The URL-rewrite works for explicitly requesting google.com from the browser, and then entering the search string into googles page; but when entering a search string into the search box of Firefox, for example, FF explicitly calls https://www.google.com -- View this message in context: http://squid-web-proxy-cache.1019090.n4.nabble.com/Google-nosslsearch-tp4663827p4663936.html Sent from the Squid - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.