<![CDATA[Squid - proxy test don't detect proxy]]>I have a standard Squid proxy setup and it used to pass proxy tests (like http://www.all-nettools.com/toolbox/proxy-test.php)

And now tests show - no proxy detected !

I don't know even know where to start troubleshooting this.
Any help is appreciated !

Thx

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/topic/123284/squid-proxy-test-don-t-detect-proxyRSS for NodeMon, 08 Jun 2026 02:58:53 GMTMon, 20 Nov 2017 22:27:54 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Squid - proxy test don't detect proxy on Tue, 21 Nov 2017 17:58:11 GMT]]>I remember when I built my first pfsense.  I just started adding every feature that looked cool and later realized that most of it I didn't need at home.  Squid and clam av were among those that I found not very useful for my home scenarios.  My clients were either windows which had far superior AV or linux systems which need no AV.  So, I don't use those now.

There are scenarios where it is useful though.  For me, I used it to control what my kids could see on the net.

Later when they reached their teen years I turned it off…

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/737505https://forum.netgate.com/post/737505Tue, 21 Nov 2017 17:58:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Squid - proxy test don't detect proxy on Tue, 21 Nov 2017 17:41:54 GMT]]>@KOM:

AV is best done on the client.  I don't know how effective the Clam AV signatures are, or how effective it is at stopping anything other than the obvious stuff.  And it's one more thing to give you problems with your Squid config.

Well AV does not worry me much.  It's more about oveall health of my pfSense router and it used to do all of this before 2.4.1 uograde and now no.
I spent some time on this https://github.com/darold/squidclamav/issues/42 with no result.  BTW I see no errors on squid site.  So just keep trying :)

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/737501https://forum.netgate.com/post/737501Tue, 21 Nov 2017 17:41:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Squid - proxy test don't detect proxy on Tue, 21 Nov 2017 17:34:20 GMT]]>AV is best done on the client.  I don't know how effective the Clam AV signatures are, or how effective it is at stopping anything other than the obvious stuff.  And it's one more thing to give you problems with your Squid config.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/737497https://forum.netgate.com/post/737497Tue, 21 Nov 2017 17:34:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Squid - proxy test don't detect proxy on Tue, 21 Nov 2017 17:05:26 GMT]]>Sounds very broken. 
Sorry.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/737490https://forum.netgate.com/post/737490Tue, 21 Nov 2017 17:05:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Squid - proxy test don't detect proxy on Tue, 21 Nov 2017 16:55:32 GMT]]>Tried that already with no luck :(

I guess I have to live with the idea it was not doing much anyway…

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/737487https://forum.netgate.com/post/737487Tue, 21 Nov 2017 16:55:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Squid - proxy test don't detect proxy on Tue, 21 Nov 2017 16:52:10 GMT]]>You likely have a broken squid cache.  I'd delete and rebuild the cache.  Start there.

This problem of yours is a regular subject here, so the answer is already in the threads.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/737484https://forum.netgate.com/post/737484Tue, 21 Nov 2017 16:52:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Squid - proxy test don't detect proxy on Tue, 21 Nov 2017 16:49:32 GMT]]>@kejianshi:

The videos are all wrong.  Kom is right.

Frequently, advertising that your traffic goes through a proxy will get you blocked and end up with some form of captcha way more often than necessary.

It's unfortunate as many people are using videos on youtube to learn things and pfsense in particular.
The reason I was wondering about the squid proxy as I use also antivirus and it stopped detecting  test files from http://www.eicar.org/85-0-Download.html

Not sure WTH is going on ? …

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/737482https://forum.netgate.com/post/737482Tue, 21 Nov 2017 16:49:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Squid - proxy test don't detect proxy on Tue, 21 Nov 2017 16:38:59 GMT]]>The videos are all wrong.  Kom is right.

Frequently, advertising that your traffic goes through a proxy will get you blocked and end up with some form of captcha way more often than necessary.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/737478https://forum.netgate.com/post/737478Tue, 21 Nov 2017 16:38:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Squid - proxy test don't detect proxy on Tue, 21 Nov 2017 16:06:17 GMT]]>Thanks! Your statement that proxy should not be detected contradicts all videos I've see on this topic tho … odd...

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/737475https://forum.netgate.com/post/737475Tue, 21 Nov 2017 16:06:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Squid - proxy test don't detect proxy on Tue, 21 Nov 2017 14:10:05 GMT]]>Services - Squid proxy server - Realtime.

If everything is working then you should see URLs scrolling by in realtime as your users access pages.

Back to what I was saying about masking your proxy, make sure you have the following set:

X-Forwarded Header Mode: delete
Disable Via header: checked
Suppress squid version: checked

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/737453https://forum.netgate.com/post/737453Tue, 21 Nov 2017 14:10:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Squid - proxy test don't detect proxy on Tue, 21 Nov 2017 01:17:51 GMT]]>@KOM:

And now tests show - no proxy detected !

That should be a good thing.  You don't want external sources knowing you're going through a proxy server.

@KOM how do i test it then?

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/737381https://forum.netgate.com/post/737381Tue, 21 Nov 2017 01:17:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Squid - proxy test don't detect proxy on Tue, 21 Nov 2017 01:07:43 GMT]]>

And now tests show - no proxy detected !

That should be a good thing.  You don't want external sources knowing you're going through a proxy server.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/737379https://forum.netgate.com/post/737379Tue, 21 Nov 2017 01:07:43 GMT