What does your proxy say about you?

If you are running behind a proxy server it is a good start to reclaming your anonimity. However, a poorly configured proxy server is still giving out informationn. Let's see what your proxy server is saying about you. Head over to... http://browserspy.dk ...then click on the 'Proxy' link on the left hand side. If you are behind a proxy server you may be surprised on what you will see in the results.

Have no fear... Here are a few quick directives to add to your squid.conf file to anonymize squid...

Remove X-Forward-For

The X-Forwarded-For (XFF) HTTP header field is a common method for identifying the originating IP address of a client connecting to a web server through an HTTP proxy or load balancer.

forwarded_for off

Enable Anonymizer

Disclaimer: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you liable for problems which it causes. For more information regarding this directive please review details about the request_header_access on the Squid homepage.

request_header_access Allow allow all
 
		request_header_access Authorization allow all
 
		request_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all

		request_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
 
		request_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all

		request_header_access Cache-Control allow all

		request_header_access Content-Encoding allow all

		request_header_access Content-Length allow all

		request_header_access Content-Type allow all

		request_header_access Date allow all

		request_header_access Expires allow all

		request_header_access Host allow all

		request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all

		request_header_access Last-Modified allow all

		request_header_access Location allow all

		request_header_access Pragma allow all

		request_header_access Accept allow all

		request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
 
		request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all

		request_header_access Accept-Language allow all

		request_header_access Content-Language allow all

		request_header_access Mime-Version allow all

		request_header_access Retry-After allow all

		request_header_access Title allow all

		request_header_access Connection allow all
 
		request_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
 
		request_header_access User-Agent allow all

		request_header_access Cookie allow all

		request_header_access All deny all

Restart Squid & Test

Restart the Squid services and then head back to http://browserspy.dk and verify your proxy details.