[squid-users] squid http & https intercept based on DNS server

James Lay jlay at slave-tothe-box.net
Thu Nov 12 12:08:48 UTC 2015


On Thu, 2015-11-12 at 09:37 +0300, Ahmad Alzaeem wrote:

> Sorry , didn’t understand , could you explain more ??
> 
> cheers
> 
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> On 2015-11-11 12:23, Ahmad Alzaeem wrote:
> > Hi guys
> > 
> > I want to ask a question
> > 
> > Assume I have a dns server that resolve all the names to the ip of 
> > squid
> > 
> > So we will have  all websites go to squid
> > 
> > The question is being asked here is :
> > 
> > If I used squid in intercept mode
> > 
> > Will I be able to handle http & https traffic without adding cert and 
> > CA in the clients browsers' ??
> > 
> > Again
> > 
> > Will I have issues with Https in  certs ?
> > 
> > cheers
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> No.  Certain clients don't even use DNS, but a hardcoded IP (I'm looking at you TextNow).
> 
> James
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Some applications (I'm thinking mobile apps) may or may not use a
hostname...some may simply connect to an IP address, which makes control
over DNS irrelevant at that point.  Hope that helps.

James 
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