Possible to use nginx as a proxy (like Squid)?

Francis Daly francis at daoine.org
Fri Dec 7 22:16:03 UTC 2018


On Thu, Dec 06, 2018 at 06:09:40AM -0500, dxxvi wrote:

Hi there,

> Is it possible to use nginx as a proxy like Squid, of course without all the
> access control lists, without protocols which are not http nor https? 

I'd say "no".

squid is a proxy server. nginx is (among other things) a reverse proxy
server. They are different things.

If you want an easy proxy, you'll be much happier starting with something
that is built to do that task.

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Francis Daly        francis at daoine.org


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