It’s easy to set up the squid proxy cache as an anonymous proxy. Whenever you surf through the proxy, it will drop the HTTP headers that identify you, so the only thing that shows up at the HTTP server you’re browsing to is the IP of the machine where squid resides. Just check out /etc/squid/squid.conf, it describes which lines to add in order to remove all the header information.
Being more anonymous is great, but it’s not really much use to me, for two reasons: the proxy IP *is* my IP, so I haven’t hidden that; and if you browse anonymously, forget about all the advantages of being identified – i.e., using cookies. You simply won’t be able to browse any site that requires cookies. Cest la vie.
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