[squid-users] Help with using Squid proxy and VPN at the same time.

[Amos Jeffries]

On 20/02/2023 4:18 pm, Peter Hucker wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 02:21:52 -0000, Amos Jeffries wrote:
>
>> On 20/02/2023 10:26 am, Peter Hucker wrote:
>>> I use a Squid proxy just for Boinc (I have 8 PCs and it caches the
>>> downloads which all 8 machines get (large data files). I also use a
>>> VPN. I want to tell the VPN to not put Squid through it (as for some
>>> reason Boinc servers hate VPNs). I can tell the VPN to exclude certain
>>> apps by giving it the name of the executable. But what executable in
>>> Squid actually connects to the network?
>>
>> The squid binary name is 'squid'.
>
> Odd, I told Ivacy VPN to use split tunneling and not put 
> "C:\Squid\bin\squid.exe" through the proxy.  Boinc is still sluggish.  
> Can I tell from the Squid logs if it's using the VPN?

Hmm, not sure. Squid logs the IPs of servers it contacts. You would need 
to find out how to trace the traffic flows to or through the VNP 
externally and see if the connections match up. I am not sure how to do 
that on modern Windows machines.

HTH
Amos