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pfSense + AirVPN + Squid Proxy? Does that work and how?

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Hi everyone,

'm running a home network with pfSense and AirVPN, and I set this up following the instructions here:

https://airvpn.org/topic/17444-how-to-set-up-pfsense-23-for-airvpn/

pfSense Version: 2.4.4-RELEASE-p2

What I would like to know is how I can set up the Squid Proxy to cache all the frequent web content, without compromising my VPN. I'm fine to start off with HTTP traffic as this is still quite a big chunk in our browsing at home, however ultimately I'd love to cache the HTTPS as well, just conscious that this is a lot more complex, as the certificates will show invalid in the browsers...

 

First question: proxy interface - which one do I bind this to?

- AIRVPN_LAN

- AIRVPN_WAN

- WAN

- loopback

 

(again, the above per the guide I followed to the dot above).

 

Proxy Port: 3128 - is that fine, do I need a NAT rule or anything for this to work?

'm quite lost and it doesn't seem like there is much documentation on how to achieve this.

 

Thanks for your help guys!

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In the past squid proxy and openvpn usage didn't play well together.  What was meant to go through openvpn tunnel was in the clear.  I don't know if that's still the case.

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Just for caching (and not some filtering/hotspot) it is not recommended to do it.

Unless you frequently download the same content from the same remote origin from multiple devices frequently.

These days browsers and remote servers manage caching in a much more efficient way.


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