Re: [squid-users] Squid and Mirrored Router Ports

> tis 2007-04-17 klockan 21:52 +1000 skrev Edward C. Jakosalem:
>
>> I actully just need squid to act as transparent proxy so I can log
>> traffic.
>
> Then you must let it do so. This requires having the traffic redirected
> to the proxy. Using a mirror port will not do the job as it only echoes
> the traffic in a way suitable to be analysed by a packet monitor, not in
> a way that a proxy can act on the traffic.

That's what I've been thinking all this time.

>
>> I don't care how squid will do this, I just need the logs. And
>> the reason why we use the mirrored port is that we don't want browsing
>> affected in case this server goes down.
>
> Sounds like WCCP could be an option for you. This makes the router
> automatically bypass the proxy when down.

Will surely look at WCCP. But I doubt if someone will agree with me. But I
will still try.

>
>> We specifically need the Squid log format that's why we want to make
>> this
>> work with squid. My boss doesn't want it any other way. :-(
>
> Log formats can be transformed with little or no effort, it's just text.
> The tricky part is getting the right information at the right place, not
> the log format.

That absolutely correct.
Thanks Henrik.
>
> Regards
> Henrik
>
Received on Tue Apr 17 2007 - 08:22:15 MDT