How to install Squid on Debian in some simple steps.
At first we install Squid3 and Apache tools.
The command we use is:
apt-get install squid3 apache2-utils
At first we take a small backup of Squid3 settings
Command:
cp /etc/squid3/squid.conf /etc/squid3/squid.conf.bak
And we replace the content in /etc/squid3/squid.conf as bellow:
http_port 3128
auth_param basic program /usr/lib/squid3/basic_ncsa_auth /etc/squid3/.passwd
auth_param basic children 1
auth_param basic credentialsttl 1 minute
auth_param basic casesensitive off
acl auth proxy_auth REQUIRED
acl localhost src 127.0.0.0/8
http_access allow auth
http_access allow localhost
http_access deny all
cache deny all
forwarded_for delete
request_header_access Via deny all
You can change squid port (3128), in case you would like to improve your security.
Create a User and login to the Squid server.
htpasswd -c /etc/squid3/.passwd YOUR_USER_NAME
Restart your Squid3 service, and the job is done.
/etc/init.d/squid3 restart
