Ubuntu – Squid Proxy Setup

sudo apt-get --assume-yes remove --purge squid squid3 && sudo apt-get --assume-yes autoremove && rm -r /etc/squid && rm -r /etc/squid3 &&  rm -r  /var/spool/squid
sudo apt-get --assume-yes -f install squid3
cd /etc/squid3/
sudo cp /etc/squid3/squid.conf /etc/squid3/squid.conf.original
sudo cat squid.conf.original | egrep -v -e '^[[:blank:]]*#|^$' > squid.conf
sudo chmod a-w /etc/squid3/squid.conf.original
sudo sed -i 's|http_port 3128|http_port 8888|' /etc/squid3/squid.conf

sudo service squid3 restart

acl bad_sites dstdomain '/etc/squid3/bad-url.acl'
#acl bad_sites dstdomain .msn.com

http_access deny bad_sites
http_access allow all !bad_sites

http_port 8888
https_port 8888

cache_dir ufs /etc/squid3/cache 100 10 20 
coredump_dir /var/spool/squid3
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
cache_effective_user proxy
cache_effective_group proxy
cache_mgr webmaster@localhost

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