Transparent Proxy With HTTPS

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zAm
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Transparent Proxy With HTTPS

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Hello,
Guys ... can somebody tell me that can i use transparent proxy with port 443 (for https requests) if there is anyway out so tell me how ? i also tried this
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p TCP --dport 443 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080
but it doesn't works at all ..... but when i use manual proxy in IE so the https websites works fine , i want to make it transparent like i did with http requests at 80 port. urgently need your consultancy. Thanks
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zAm (Lyarianz Internet Cable Network)
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Post by LinuxFreaK »

Dear zAm,
Salam,

HTTPS (normally TCP port 443) cannot be proxied transparently (stop and think about it for a minute; if HTTPS could be transparently proxied, then how secure would it be?).

FYI, http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-1.html#ss1.12

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Farrukh Ahmed
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Post by zAm »

Hello,
LinuxFreak .......... yea that's what i was looking for .... thank for let me know that this isn't possible ....... means there's no way out to use ssl websites if our network is running on NO PROXIES ........ thanks again for your consultancy .... take care , Allah Hafiz
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zAm (Lyarianz Internet Cable Network)
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