RE: [squid-users] Initial webpage before surfing on squid

Chris,
Where can I find the documentation for this helper?
I'm surfing squid's page and don't see it :S or am I blind?

Jorge,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jorge Bastos [mailto:mysql.jorge_at_decimal.pt]
> Sent: quinta-feira, 9 de Abril de 2009 21:37
> To: crobertson_at_gci.net; squid-users_at_squid-cache.org
> Subject: RE: [squid-users] Initial webpage before surfing on squid
>
> Hi Chris,
> Thank you, going to search for that and study and post anything else I
> need.
> The 1st problem was that I didn't knew for what to search.
>
> Jorge,
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: crobertson_at_gci.net [mailto:crobertson_at_gci.net]
> > Sent: quinta-feira, 9 de Abril de 2009 21:06
> > To: squid-users_at_squid-cache.org
> > Subject: Re: [squid-users] Initial webpage before surfing on squid
> >
> > Jorge Bastos wrote:
> > > Hi there people,
> > >
> > > I need to do a special setup, that I need help on it.
> > > What I need to be done is, when the user open's its browser, on the
> > first
> > > access, whether it's the homepage, or the user entering an website,
> I
> > want
> > > to show them a webpage with info, and below give them an "continue
> > surfing"
> > > link to leave this intro webpage.
> > >
> >
> > Up to this point, the session helper (which is included with Squid
> > 2.6+)
> > fits the bill exactly:
> > http://www.squid-cache.org/mail-archive/squid-users/200808/0272.html.
> >
> > > If the user closes and re-open's the browser, the behavior should
> be
> > the
> > > same.
> > >
> >
> > With this additional requirement...
> >
> > > I saw that this could be done using squid, I just have no clue how
> > to.
> > > Can you guys give a hand on this?
> > >
> >
> > You might be able to do it with a short idle_timeout on the
> > session_helper and a session cookie set by the acceptable use policy
> > (AUP) page. If the idle_timeout is reached and the cookie is
> tendered
> > by the browser, the AUP page just 302's the request to the
> destination.
> > If the idle_timeout is reached and the cookie is not passed by the
> > browser, the AUP page is displayed, the session cookie is set and a
> > continue link is made available.
> >
> > > Jorge,
> > >
> >
> > Chris
Received on Thu Apr 09 2009 - 21:47:27 MDT