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  • Squid 3.1 transparent proxy for HTTPS connection getting problems

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    Respected Sir,

     

    I am running OS rhel6.3 and intalled squid 3.1 with comes with the os

    i have configure my iptables as following to accesss internet with transperatent proxy

    Chain PREROUTING (policy ACCEPT)
    target     prot opt source               destination         
    REDIRECT   tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere            tcp dpt:http redir ports 3128
    REDIRECT   tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere            tcp dpt:https redir ports 3130

    Chain POSTROUTING (policy ACCEPT)
    target     prot opt source               destination         
    MASQUERADE  all  --  anywhere             anywhere            

    Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
    target     prot opt source               destination

     

    Configured the /etc/squid.conf with the following transparent proxy args as below

    http_port 3128 transparent
    http_port 3130 transparent cert=/etc/pki/tls/certs/njcert.pem key=/etc/pki/tls/certs/njkey.pem

    but when i try to connect from the client supposed in firefox i am getting the following error

    ssl received a record that exceeded the maximum permissible error code ssl_error_rx_record_too_long

    firefox version 18.0.2

    I need to configure transparent proxy to work with https connectivity

    Please reply asap

     

     

     

     

     

     

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