I use the following but you need to make sure you have no looping occurring in your nat rules if you are using Transparent mode. forwarded_for delete via off Best regards, The Geek Guy Lawrence Pingree http://www.lawrencepingree.com/resume/ Author of "The Manager's Guide to Becoming Great" http://www.Management-Book.com -----Original Message----- From: squid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:squid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, June 7, 2014 8:17 AM To: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: google picking up squid as I get the following notice from google's site when connected to the proxy: Our systems have detected unusual traffic from your computer network. Any ideas how I can prevent this? I presume it might be the forwarded for argument? The following is my conf: auth_param basic realm proxy server auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours auth_param basic program /usr/lib64/squid/ncsa_auth /etc/squid/squid_passwd authenticate_cache_garbage_interval 1 hour authenticate_ip_ttl 2 hours acl manager proto cache_object acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 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 Safe_ports port 1863 # MSN messenger acl ncsa_users proxy_auth REQUIRED acl CONNECT method CONNECT http_access deny manager http_access deny !Safe_ports http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports http_access deny to_localhost http_access allow localhost http_access allow ncsa_users http_access deny all icp_access allow all http_port 8080 http_port 123.123.123.123:80 cache deny all access_log /var/log/squid/access.log squid cache_log /var/log/squid/cache.log buffered_logs on half_closed_clients off visible_hostname ProxyServer log_icp_queries off dns_nameservers 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220 hosts_file /etc/hosts memory_pools off client_db off delay_pools 1 delay_class 1 2 delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 400000/400000 forwarded_for off via off