Download Squid Proxy -

Squid is the de facto standard for open-source web proxy caching servers. While most Linux distributions offer pre-compiled Squid packages via apt or yum , downloading the source code directly gives you granular control over features, optimizations, and security patches.

apt install build-essential libssl-dev libcap-dev libpam0g-dev On RHEL/CentOS: download squid proxy

md5sum squid-6.10.tar.gz (Compare against the value listed on the download page.) Untar the source: Squid is the de facto standard for open-source

If you skip PGP, at least verify the MD5: clone the source repository directly:

wget http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v6/squid-6.10.tar.gz tar -xzvf squid-6.10.tar.gz cd squid-6.10 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/squid --enable-ssl --enable-cache-digests make -j$(nproc) sudo make install

[Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target For the absolute latest (unstable) features or custom patches, clone the source repository directly: