installing squid on windows

Download squid for windows from :

http://squid.acmeconsulting.it/download/squid-2.6.STABLE18-bin.zip

Read the installation instructions in the documentation.

Change the c:\squid\etc\squid.conf from the default :

acl home src 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 # (change if different network subnet)

http_access allow home

cache_dir aufs c:/squid/var/cache 1000 16 256

dns_nameservers 208.67.222.222

run the following commands :

mkdir c:\squid\var\cache

c:\squid\sbin\squid -z

Done, run squid :

squid