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Upgrading to Squid 3.3 on Debian 6 (Squeeze)

The current Debian package for squid is on the 3.1.x branch and hasn’t upgraded to 3.3 yet which offers full HTTP/1.1 support. I already had a working squid on the Debian package and decided to just upgrade the running install. Below are the steps that led to a successful upgrade (backup your configuration before attempting).

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By Samer Albahra, 10 yearsApril 28, 2013 ago
Technology

Persistant VPN in Debian (Squeeze) using only SSH

I had a very difficult time creating and maintaining a tunnel between two computers over the Internet. The reason I wanted this tunnel was to safely encrypt data between the two without having to configure security into every service. Most site-to-site VPN tunnels are built using dedicated hardware such as Read more…

By Samer Albahra, 10 yearsApril 15, 2013 ago
Technology

Upgrading to Cacti 0.8.8a on Debian 6 (squeeze)

After setting up several virtual machines I quickly realized how easy it can be to lose track of things. To help set things straight, I installed cacti which allows me a quick glance over all my machines and devices. However, I soon outgrew just using graphs and needed a way Read more…

By Samer Albahra, 10 yearsJanuary 28, 2013 ago
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