Environment
GWAVA 6.5
Situation
How do you configure a Squid Proxy Server to talk to GWAVA to scan web traffic?
Resolution
The squid configuration file needs to have several lines added so it know to send ICAP requests to GWAVA. Add the following lines to squid.conf:
To understand what these configuration lines mean, visit http://www.squid-cache.org/
icap_enable onAfter adding these lines to squid.conf, restart squid.
icap_send_client_username on
icap_client_username_encode off
icap_service service_req reqmod_precache bypass=0 icap://<IP_of_GWAVA>:1344/request
adaptation_access service_req allow all
icap_service service_resp respmod_precache bypass=0 icap://<IP_OF_GWAVA>:1344/response
adaptation_access service_resp allow all
#turn off persistent connections to increase speed
server_persistent_connections off
To understand what these configuration lines mean, visit http://www.squid-cache.org/
Additional Information
This article was originally published in the GWAVA knowledgebase as article ID 2097.