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by grahamedgecombe 4620 days ago
It can work like this - see: http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Features/HTTPS#CONNECT_tunnel
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kenrose 4620 days ago
Right. Sorry, in case I wasn't clear, the HTTP proxy acts as a proxy for HTTP on port 80, but tunnels HTTPS traffic (and anything else including ssh) on port 443. The tunnelling is done using the HTTP CONNECT verb.
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