ANNOUNCE: squidGuard 1.0.0 has been released

                  squidGuard 1.0.0 has been released
                  ==================================

ElTele Øst is proud to announce the release of squidGuard vesion 1.0.0

                             Introduction
                             ============

squidGuard is a combined filter, redirector and access controller
plugin for Squid. It is

   o free (GPL)
   o very flexible (See below)
   o extremely fast (100,000 queries in 10seconds)
   o easily installed (Gnu autoconf)
   o portable

squidGuard can be used to

   o limit the web access for some users to a list of accepted/well
     known web servers and/or URLs only.
   o block access to some listed or blacklisted web servers and/or
     URLs for some users. *)
   o block access to URLs matching a list of regular expressions or
     words for some users. *)
   o enforce the use of domainnames/prohibit the use of IP address in
     URLs. *)
   o redirect blocked URLs to an "intelligent" CGI based info page. *)
   o redirect unregistered user to a registration form.
   o redirect popular downloads like Netscape, MSIE etc. to local
     copies.
   o redirect banners to an empty GIF. *)
   o have different access rules based on time of day, day of the
     week, date etc.
   o have different rules for different user groups.
   o and much more..

*) squidGuard is not a porn or banner filter/blocker, but it is very
well suited for these purposes too.

                       News in squidGuard-1.0.0
                       ========================

   o Added a new object type "time"
   o Added support for optional time constraints on all objects and ACLs
   o Added "userlist" and "iplist" for the source objects
   o Added a brand new squidGuard.cgi in samples/ with configurable
     strings, optional reverse lookup with autoredirect for in-addr
     and more.
   o Added support for selective logging.
   o Added a new "in-addr" built in object for optional forcing the
     use of domainname URLs
   o Established an official home page with new comprehensive
     documentation
   o Major code review. Now faster than ever in spite of more
     functionality.
   o Adapted GNU autoconfigure.
   o All known bugs are fixed.

You can get squidGuard-1.0.0 from its new homepage:

            http://info.ost.eltele.no/freeware/squidGuard/

                             Kind regards
           Pål Baltzersen Lars Erik Håland
Received on Mon Jun 07 1999 - 05:33:05 MDT