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<p class=MsoNormal>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>My background's in networking, I'm very new to unix/linux
and server administration, I don't know a whole lot about security beyond ACLs
and setting up crypto for VPNs. I'm setting up a box at home with CentOS and
squid, among other features (I want this box to be a syslog server, etc).
At the moment I have no plan to run a web server, but I'm still
concerned. I know web servers are vulnerable to certain kinds of attacks,
some of which could escalate user privileges or dump data people shouldn't have
access to. Is squid, as a proxy server, I'm vulnerable to some of these
kinds of attacks? I'll be limiting squid to only accept traffic from my
LAN but you still never know. A guest might use my network with an
infected device, etc.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I've looked at the security FAQ on the squid wiki, and I
tried to search the mailing list archive using the link at <a
href="http://www.squid-cache.org/Support/mailing-lists.html">http://www.squid-cache.org/Support/mailing-lists.html</a>,
however I get a 404 error. I downloaded the last 6 months worth of
archives and searched for the word security, and I see references to SSL, TLS,
bumping, etc. I'm sure these conversations follow the requirements of
people using squid at work but aside from one thread I don't see anything
addressing my concerns, hence my post.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I suspect there's no more additional securing of squid I
need to do - if there were I would've expected something to mention it in the
FAQ - but I'd rather ask just in case. Any thoughts/suggestions?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>TIA<o:p></o:p></p>
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