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Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. It reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages. Squid has extensive access controls and makes a great server accelerator.
Overview
This AWS Squid proxy caching server has been optimised for speed and high performance.
Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. It reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages. Squid has extensive access controls and makes a great server accelerator.
Squid Proxy Features Set ACL for which networks have access to internet Block/Allow access to certain websites Block/Allow Content Based on MIME Types (e.g image, text, mpeg) Set time in which users can access the internet at certain times in the day Cache frequently accessed websites, cache files/media Hide users internal IP Addresses Load balance with other Squid proxies Clustering Traffic Interception with WCCP Set authentication to get users to Authenticate (LDAP, Active Directory,RADIUS, POP3, DB, etc) Allow/Block IM (Instant Messaging) Block coin-mining scripts from using CPU/memory on users browsers. A new modern trend. Adaptation protocol (C-ICAP / eCAP) Caching Dynamic Content Fully Transparent Interception with Squid-2, TPROXYv2 and WCCP Configuring multiple interception ports using WCCPv2 WCCP2 and NAT on a private internal network PHP Redirectors SMP Carp Cluster Torrent filtering Webwasher integration - prevent downloading of virus-infected files or to filter out adult content
Highlights
- Improve the speed of your internet by caching frequently accessed websites. Also restrict access to certain websites within your network.
- Traffic Interception with WCCP. Also hide your internal IP addresses from the outside world.
- Set authentication to get users to Authenticate (LDAP, Active Directory,RADIUS, POP3, DB, etc)
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Ubuntu 24.04
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t2.medium Recommended | $0.05 |
t3.micro | $0.05 |
t2.micro | $0.05 |
t2.2xlarge | $0.05 |
z1d.12xlarge | $0.05 |
r5a.2xlarge | $0.05 |
m5d.4xlarge | $0.05 |
c5n.4xlarge | $0.05 |
x1e.xlarge | $0.05 |
r5dn.12xlarge | $0.05 |
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Delivery details
64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
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New OS updates applied. Simply run 'sudo apt-get update' to install the latest OS patches.
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Usage instructions
SSH into the EC2 instance with the following username: ubuntu
Instructions for connecting to Linux instances via SSH can be found on: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-key-pairs.html
Once logged in, Scroll down to 'Getting Started' on the following URL: https://cloudinfrastructureservices.co.uk/how-to-setup-squid-proxy-cache-in-aws/
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Web Content Caching
Caches frequently accessed websites, files, and media to reduce bandwidth consumption and improve response times for web content delivery.
Access Control Lists
Implements extensive access controls including network-based ACLs, website blocking/allowing, MIME type filtering, and time-based internet access restrictions.
Traffic Interception
Supports fully transparent traffic interception using WCCP, WCCPv2, TPROXYv2, and NAT with multiple interception ports configuration.
User Authentication
Provides authentication mechanisms supporting LDAP, Active Directory, RADIUS, POP3, and database-based user authentication.
Advanced Filtering and Clustering
Includes torrent filtering, coin-mining script blocking, SMP CARP clustering, load balancing across multiple proxies, and adaptation protocols (C-ICAP/eCAP).
HTTPS Traffic Filtering
Capability to filter and inspect HTTPS traffic for content analysis and policy enforcement
Web Site Categorization and Blocking
Ability to categorize web sites and apply blocking rules based on defined categories
User and Policy Management
System to manage multiple users and configure granular filtering policies per user or group
Malicious File Download Prevention
Detection and blocking of illegal or potentially malicious file downloads
Content Filtering Engine
Squid-based proxy engine for filtering advertisements and blocking resources with explicit content
Intrusion Detection and Prevention
Intrusion Detection and Prevention System for threat identification and mitigation
VPN Connectivity
VPN connections supporting multiple Gigabit per second bandwidth for secure interconnection between VPCs, offices, and data centers
Web Proxy with Content Filtering
Web proxy with integrated content filtering capabilities
Quality of Service Management
Quality of Service functionality for traffic management and prioritization
Logging and Reporting
Comprehensive logging and reporting capabilities for security monitoring and analysis
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