Re: squid-users-digest Digest V98 #99

From: Henrik Nordstrom <hno@dont-contact.us>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 23:41:57 +0100

Fraser Campbell wrote:
> the guide also states that Squid is not optimized to do this
> for a large number of sites. What would be involved in keeping
> Squid up to speed while doing this.

I thing the documentation is not updated on this subject.. the recent
Squid releases contains code that is somewhat optimized for larger ACL
lists (enabled at compile time). What Squid lacks is primarily a easy
way to update these lists without impact the service.

> What non-Squid solutions would be best if it is impractical to
> do with Squid?

Almost any URL based solution can be plugged in, using a redirector.

But as you said: the hard part is not the coding, it is to compile the
list of sites to block. Optimizing the ACL lists handling is only a few
hours of work, compiling the list is a never ending job ;-).

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Henrik Nordström
Sparetime Squid Hacker
Received on Sun Mar 15 1998 - 15:23:29 MST

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