[squid-users] squid tcp_outgoing_address feature not working

Jason Haar Jason_Haar at trimble.com
Thu Apr 16 00:51:49 UTC 2015


On 15/04/15 22:58, Amos Jeffries wrote:
> Squid has zero control over what TCP connections the *client* opens.
> You need to use tcpdump on the Squid machine, or machine(s) at the
> other end of the WAN1/2 connections to see what the Squid->origin
> traffic uses.

Amos is so right. Stop fiddling around with tools like traceroute whose
behaviour *might* mimic that which squid is doing and instead use
tcpdump to actually *see* what squid is doing. Anyone running network
services has got to become proficient in the use of network sniffers -
they are invaluable

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Jason Haar
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