RE: [squid-users] Squid trying to connect to smtp

On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 11:52, Jay Turner wrote:
> >acl my_networks src your.local.network.address/mask
> >http_access deny !my_networks
>
> Just out of interest, why wouldn't you use:
>
> acl my_networks src your.local.network.address/mask
> http_access allow my_networks
> http_access deny all
>
> Do these both not acheive the same outcome?

No.

The former is more flexible - it restricts non local traffic, without
allowing local traffic.

So you can then apply further acls - like authentication, porn blocking
etc.

Rob

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