[squid-users] SSL MITM with unencrypted parent proxy

[Chris Bennett]

Hi there,

I'm experimenting with WAN acceleration & block caching (wanproxy.org
for those interested).  This works great for HTTP:

client <-> squid1 <-> wanproxy <-> VPN <-> wanproxy <-> squid2 <-> inet

With SSL, I suspect the data between squid and squid2 (in a
child/parent configuration) will be encrypted with a new tunnel (I
haven't tested it yet).  If that is the case, is there anyway to
configure squid1 and squid2 to communicate in cleartext for the
child/parent communication?

Any thoughts or ideas would be much appreciated.

Regards,

Chris