Re: [squid-users] Is there any mean to block VIRUSES and others?!?

Boniforti Flavio wrote:

> Is there any mean by using squid to block VIRUSES like worms and other such
> things???

Squid can block HTTP requests some of the current viruses uses to spread
themselves.

> And what about e-mail attachments?!?!? Can I do anything to enteract with
> their dimensions?

Squid knows nothing about email.

> And another bit of a question: may I block some extensions like Multimedia
> files (AVI, MPEG, MP3 and so on) or may I at least filter those extensions
> by dimension?

Sure. See the urlpath_regex acl type.

acl multimedia urlpath_regex -i \.avi$ \.mpg$ \.mpeg$ \.mp3$

http_access deny multimedia

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Henrik Nordstrom
Squid Hacker
MARA Systems AB, Sweden