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Squid Proxy blocking HTTPS


fairly new to squid proxy. Id like to test out blocking HTTPS sites, I've done a fair share of googling, but I don't understand a lot of the solution and the why aspect of it. Can someone help me understand? I'd like to just simply block https://www.facebook.com/ or something for testing purposes. I can easily block any http site or all of them, why is it so much different for HTTPS? I found Blocking HTTPS sites through Squid but the solution does not work for me.

Thanks in advance.


Solution

  • So it turns out the AMI I was using

    Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS (HVM), SSD Volume Type - ami-da05a4a0

    the default squid it was installing could not block https for some reason, I have absolutely no idea why. I switched to using

    Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09.1 (HVM), SSD Volume Type - ami-6057e21a

    and everything now works...If anyone knows why this is the case please let me know.