Re: [squid-users] Why squidguard or another redirektor???

Yes. The "/path/to/file" include mechanism is generic for all acl types
taking a list of items to match.

Regards
Henrik

On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Michael Fuller / Hotmail wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Same requirement here too. We have used text files with url_regex to block
> porn and warez sites. The text files contain over 40 k entries. If using
> url_regex can affect performance, can I use acls based on dstdomain or dst
> with text files ?
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Michael Fuller.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Henrik Nordstrom" <hno@marasystems.com>
> To: <dumpmail@gmx.net>; <squid-users@squid-cache.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 4:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [squid-users] Why squidguard or another redirektor???
>
>
> > You should not make overly large regex pattern lists. If you are
> > making long lists then you SHOULD investigate using dstdomain or dst
> > type ACLs where appropriate. Makes a huge difference in access
> > control performance.
> >
> > A really long url_regex acl really can slow things down, and can get
> > quite unpredictable to maintain (a small typo in a regex pattern can
> > change the meaning significantly)
> >
> > A really long dstdomain or dst acl should barely be noticeable in
> > terms of performance, and are generally much easier to maintain.
> >
> > Regards
> > Henrik
> >
> > On Sunday 10 November 2002 18.37, dumpmail@gmx.net wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > i want to block url lists with squid 2.5STABLE1.
> > >
> > > Now i have a small list of urls and i want to use textfiles.
> > > The entries in suqid.conf look like this:
> > >
> > > acl blockedsites url_regex -i "/etc/squid/block.txt"
> > > acl unblockedsites url_regex -i "/etc/squid/unblock.txt"
> > >
> > > http_access deny blockedsites !unblockedsites
> > >
> > > Now i wanted to add to these files the huge blacklist of
> > > squidguard. Does this slowdown squid or can i just use it?
> >
>
Received on Thu Nov 21 2002 - 10:16:53 MST