[squid-users] How to set up a reverse proxy using squid for a simplified scenario?

Amos Jeffries squid3 at treenet.co.nz
Sun Feb 11 06:09:36 UTC 2018


On 11/02/18 09:39, Yuri wrote:
> Ah. My bad. Correctly Defence in depth:
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_in_depth_(computing)
> 
> 
> 11.02.2018 02:29, Yuri пишет:
>> No. This reason is obviously not strong enough. As by as requirement
>> configure firewalls also on servers - whenever they placed. Security in
>> depth - did you hear this term?
>>
>>
>> 11.02.2018 02:26, Peng Yu пишет:
>>>> What is your reason for wanting "no restrictions"?
>>> The proxied servers are behind a firewall already, which protect them
>>> from any unwanted access. Is this reason strong enough to have no
>>> restrictions set?
>>>
> 

Indeed as Yuri said. Firewall rules are not enough.

The proxy is making connections from *inside* the network. A firewall at
the network edge cannot prevent, nor even see these.

Amos


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