[Debian] Setup a Squid anonymous proxy

README.md

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Setup a Squid anonymous proxy

Table of contents

• Disclaimer
• Squid installation script
• Manage users

Disclaimer

Read the install script before using it.
You may want to understand what the script is doing before executing it.
I will not be responsible for any damage caused to your server.

Squid installation script

wget -qO- https://gist.githubusercontent.com/e7d/9472c3e7ac1821056867b95244c73609/raw/squid-install.sh | sh

Manage users

Using the command htpasswd, you can manage the users able to use the proxy:

• create/update a user: htpasswd -bd /etc/squid3/users.pwd myuser mypw
• remove a user: htpasswd -D /etc/squid3/users.pwd myuser

Note: The maximum acceptable length of password is 8 characters long.

squid-install.sh

#!/bin/sh

if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
  echo "This script must be run as root" 1>&2
  exit 1
fi

echo "Update packages list"
apt-get update

echo "Build dependencies"
RUNLEVEL=1 apt-get -y install squid3 squid3-common apache2-utils

echo "Create configuration file"
mv /etc/squid3/squid.conf /etc/squid3/squid.conf.default
wget --no-check-certificate -O /etc/squid3/squid.conf https://gist.githubusercontent.com/e7d/9472c3e7ac1821056867b95244c73609/raw/squid.conf

echo "Create users database sample"
htpasswd -cbd /etc/squid3/users.pwd proxy proxy

echo "Prepare environment for first start"
mkdir -p /var/log/squid3
mkdir -p /var/cache/squid3
mkdir -p /var/spool/squid3
chown -cR proxy /var/log/squid3
chown -cR proxy /var/cache/squid3
chown -cR proxy /var/spool/squid3
squid3 -z

echo "Start service"
service squid3 start

exit 0

squid.conf

# General

http_port 3128
visible_hostname Proxy
forwarded_for delete
via off

# Log

logformat squid %tg.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03>Hs %<st %rm %ru %[un %Sh/%<a %mt
access_log /var/log/squid3/access.log squid

# Cache

cache_dir aufs /var/cache/squid3 1024 16 256
coredump_dir /var/spool/squid3

acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \?
cache deny QUERY

refresh_pattern ^ftp:           1440    20%     10080
refresh_pattern ^gopher:        1440    0%      1440
refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0     0%      0
refresh_pattern .               0       20%     4320

# Network ACL

acl localnet src 10.0.0.0/8     # RFC 1918 possible internal network
acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/12  # RFC 1918 possible internal network
acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC 1918 possible internal network
acl localnet src fc00::/7       # RFC 4193 local private network range
acl localnet src fe80::/10      # RFC 4291 link-local (directly plugged) machines

# Port ACL

acl SSL_ports port 443          # https
acl SSL_ports port 563          # snews
acl SSL_ports port 873          # rync
acl Safe_ports port 80 8080     # http
acl Safe_ports port 21          # ftp
acl Safe_ports port 443 563     # https
acl Safe_ports port 70          # gopher
acl Safe_ports port 210         # wais
acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535  # unregistered ports
acl Safe_ports port 280         # http-mgmt
acl Safe_ports port 488         # gss-http
acl Safe_ports port 591         # filemaker
acl Safe_ports port 777         # multiling http
acl purge method PURGE
acl CONNECT method CONNECT

# Authentication
#   Uncomment the following lines to enable file based authentication BUT:
#   The following section requires to have squid libs installed, especially `nsca_auth`, to be working.
#   This sections uses a Htpasswd file named `users.pwd` file to store eligible accounts.
#   You can generate yours using the htpasswd command from "apache2-utils" aptitude package, using "-d" flag to use system CRYPT.

auth_param basic program /usr/lib/squid3/basic_ncsa_auth /etc/squid3/users.pwd
auth_param basic children 5
auth_param basic realm Proxy
auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
auth_param basic casesensitive on

acl Users proxy_auth REQUIRED
http_access allow Users

# Access Restrictions

http_access allow manager localhost
http_access deny manager

http_access allow purge localhost
http_access deny purge

http_access deny !Safe_ports
http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports

http_reply_access allow all
htcp_access deny all
icp_access allow all
always_direct allow all

# Request Headers Forcing

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

# Response Headers Spoofing

reply_header_access Via deny all
reply_header_access X-Cache deny all
reply_header_access X-Cache-Lookup deny all

Got this error.
Create users database sample
Adding password for user proxy
Prepare environment for first start
changed ownership of `/var/cache/squid3' from root to proxy
FATAL: Can't parse configuration token: '%<a %mt'

Squid Cache (Version 3.1.20): Terminated abnormally.
CPU Usage: 0.004 seconds = 0.004 user + 0.000 sys
Maximum Resident Size: 17296 KB
Page faults with physical i/o: 0
Start service
[....] Starting Squid HTTP Proxy 3.x: squid3[....] Creating Squid HTTP Proxy 3.x[warne structure ... (warning).
FATAL: Can't parse configuration token: '%<a %mt'

Squid Cache (Version 3.1.20): Terminated abnormally.
CPU Usage: 0.004 seconds = 0.004 user + 0.000 sys
Maximum Resident Size: 17312 KB