On Sunday 20 Nov 2016 at 11:22, --Ahmad-- wrote: > i want to protect squid from being scanned and flagged as open proxy So, make sure it isn't an open proxy - restrict who has access, either by IP address or by authentication. If you *do* have an open proxy on the Internet, it doesn't matter whether it identifies itself as Squid or not - it *will* get found, it will get (ab)used, and you may well find your connectivity provider blocks your IP address. Antony -- The Magic Words are Squeamish Ossifrage. Please reply to the list; please *don't* CC me. _______________________________________________ squid-users mailing list squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users