In a failed attempt to circumvent Hulu’s IP geocode detection I setup Squid on my Slicehost server. While I totally underestimated Hulu’s intelligence (it’s much easier to deceive the BBC’s iPlayer), I’ve now got a working proxy server running on Ubuntu 8.10. Here’s a quick manual:
- In the command line, type in:
sudo apt-get install squid - Then type
sudo nano /etc/squid/squid.confto edit the file - Add the following lines to the top of the file:
acl computer src 127.0.0.1
http_access allow computer
visible_hostname computer - Save the file by pressing:
control o, then close nano withcontrol x - Last, restart squid:
sudo service squid restart
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