SQUID is a Proxy server and also used for web filtering. Its widely

used for increasing web server speed by caching repeated data. It is

also used to block the websites.

Port Number: 3128

Configuration file: /etc/squid/squid.conf

Step1: Insatall squid daemon

Step2: Restart the daemon

Step3: Create couple of webpages in /var/www/html

Step4: Edit the configuration file /etc/squid/squid.conf

Step5: Change the http_port to 8080

Step6: Restart the daemon

Step7: Go to Mozilla Firefox

Options ->Advance ->Network->Setting->Manual proxy setting

IP Address: Servers IP

Port Number: 8080

Click OK

Step8: Check for blocked websites.