It would seem I have configured {{OpenVPN}}, {{Squid proxy}}, and, to a lesser extent, Pi-hole well – none of the major sites that report IP, {{DNS}}, and other connection-related security issues find anything out of the ordinary when I’m either running “just” proxied, or {{VPN}}, or VPN+proxy. You should check yourself hereon: https://ipleak.net http://ip-check.info/?lang=en (ironic …
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a fairly comprehensive squid configuration for proxying all the http things
After combing through the docs and several how–tos on deploying the {{Squid proxy}} server – none of which really did everything I wanted, of course – I’ve finally gotten to the format below. Installing Squid is easy-peasy – it’s in the standard package repos for the major platforms ({{CentOS}}/{{Fedora}}/{{RHEL}}, {{Ubuntu}}/{{Debian}}, etc) – so just run …
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system-wide proxying with os x (yosemite)
Perhaps you’re at a coffee shop, and want to ensure your communication is secure. Or maybe you are out of the country, and need access to something like annualcreditreport.com. What’s a body to do? If you have a Mac, set up a system-wide proxy setting for a new Location, of course! This is a very …
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reverse proxying from apache to tomcat
After much hemming and hawing, I was able to get {{Apache}} working as a reverse proxy to {{Tomcat}} today. <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName domain.com ServerAlias www.domain.com ProxyPreserveHost on ProxyPass / http://localhost:8080/path/ ProxyPassReverse / http://domain.com:8080/path/ </VirtualHost> That’s all you need (though you can add much more). Note the trailing slashes on the proxy paths – without them, …
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