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

From: Jorge Bastos <mysql.jorge_at_decimal.pt>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 21:36:58 +0100

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 - 20:36:56 MDT

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