Squid
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5recommend
0warn against
Dec 5, 2025first mention
Jun 28, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Over my Tinc VPN I like to use a Squid SSL Bump MitM proxy”
“One can install Squid on their router, generate a CA cert, sign their server certs with it”
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“I am wondering if that might be the most straightforward way to do this”
“The open source solution is to configure the latest Squid proxy as a Squid SSL Bump proxy.”
“Part of the reason I chose Squid here”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Who recommends it in their own words
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All comments 8
“Over my Tinc VPN I like to use a Squid SSL Bump MitM proxy”
“One can install Squid on their router, generate a CA cert, sign their server certs with it”
“I am wondering if that might be the most straightforward way to do this”
“The open source solution is to configure the latest Squid proxy as a Squid SSL Bump proxy.”
“Part of the reason I chose Squid here”
“The great thing about using squid and disabling DNS is you can stop DNS and HTTP exfil, but still allow certain websites to be accessible.”
“I'd push the implementation to the router and force root certs on devices”
“would be to use a Squid SSL Bump proxy.”