[squid-users] Squid Dual HTTP & SOCKS Set-Up

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas]

On 18.01.23 11:30, Sneaker Space LTD wrote:
>Didn't get any replies here - was wondering if anyone had any ideas?

for socks we now use danted.
I haven't used socks with squid since status is "testing".
https://wiki.squid-cache.org/Features/Socks

generally, there should be no need for separate socks process if squid could 
handle socks server.
of course, implementation can be different.

>On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 6:39 AM Sneaker Space LTD <admin at sneakerspace.co.uk>
>wrote:
>> Can anyone recommend a good setup for a dual HTTP and SOCKS proxy
>> configuration?
>>
>> I want to obviously use Squid as the HTTP proxy and I also see that it may
>> support SOCKS with the correct install binds, however, from my research,
>> this would likely mean that I need to run two separate processes at the
>> same time (Squid HTTP and Squid SOCKS) since apparently, SOCKS Squid can't
>> handle both connections types at the same time.
>>
>> I am wondering if there is any better solution to this? And if not, can
>> these processes run off the same configuration, and will the SOCKS Squid
>> process have the differences i.e is authentication, and logging the same?
>>
>> Any insight is appreciated here as I am unfamiliar with this kind of
>> set-up and there isn't much documentation online about it.

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