Squid Proxy - Hiding the proxy

Question

I have setup squid proxy on an ubuntu server with DB authentication. However, whilst connected to the proxy, if I visit http://www.whatismyip.com/ it still shows my ACTUAL ip address. How can I configure Squid to hide my IP and to hide the fact it's using squid.

In order to be able to access IP restricted services without reealing the fact I'm using a proxy, like this: http://www.kickassproxy.com — gunwin, Sep 11 '12 at 23:50

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 17 '12 at 20:20

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By default, Squid has Forwarded-For turned on. For more info on what X-Forwarded-For is, have a gander at the Wikipedia article.

In your situation, you'll want to edit your Squid configuration file to include this line: forwarded_for off and then restart /etc/init.d/squid restart (assuming a RPM-based distro).

answered Apr 17 '12 at 20:20

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In addition, you have to check `'Via'` option (should be 'off'.) – Denis Apr 17 '12 at 20:47
This hides the IP address. Which is half the problem so thanks. But http://www.whatismyip.com/ is still able to detect that I'm using a proxy.. – gunwin Apr 18 '12 at 11:55
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The `via` option did it (in comination with `forwarded_for`)! – gunwin Apr 18 '12 at 12:25

stil · Answer 2 · 2015-11-15T14:56:12.900

I use this site to verify the proxy is properly hidden: http://www.lagado.com/proxy-test

It's not enough to set forwarded_for off! It will still send X-Forwarded-For: unknown, so others will know you use some kind of proxy (although your IP is hidden).

Add those 2 lines to your squid.conf file:

forwarded_for delete
via off

Then restart squid with service squid3 restart command, and you're done!

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