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    Squid is a caching proxy server that reduces bandwidth usage and improves response times. It caches and reuses frequently requested web pages. Squid has access controls and accelerates internet access from multiple machines to a single machine. Key features include caching, filtering internet access, efficient bandwidth usage, and access control lists. Configuring Squid involves installing the software, enabling it to start on boot, and configuring browsers to use the proxy server. Access can be restricted through ACL rules and specific URLs or domains can be blocked. SARG analyzes Squid logs to report on user internet activity.

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    Squid is a caching proxy server that reduces bandwidth usage and improves response times. It caches and reuses frequently requested web pages. Squid has access controls and accelerates internet access from multiple machines to a single machine. Key features include caching, filtering internet access, efficient bandwidth usage, and access control lists. Configuring Squid involves installing the software, enabling it to start on boot, and configuring browsers to use the proxy server. Access can be restricted through ACL rules and specific URLs or domains can be blocked. SARG analyzes Squid logs to report on user internet activity.

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    Squid is a caching proxy server that reduces bandwidth usage and improves response times. It caches and reuses frequently requested web pages. Squid has access controls and accelerates internet access from multiple machines to a single machine. Key features include caching, filtering internet access, efficient bandwidth usage, and access control lists. Configuring Squid involves installing the software, enabling it to start on boot, and configuring browsers to use the proxy server. Access can be restricted through ACL rules and specific URLs or domains can be blocked. SARG analyzes Squid logs to report on user internet activity.

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    #######Squid Proxy Server#######

    Squid is a caching proxy server sharing internet from one machine to several machine.
    It supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. It reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching
    and reusing frequently-requested web pages. Squid has extensive access controls and makes a great
    server accelerator. It runs on most available operating systems, including Windows.
    Features:

    1.
    2.
    3.
    4.

    Caching Server
    Filters access to the Net
    Efficient bandwidth usage
    Supports a wide criteria of ACLs (dstdomain, src_IP, Time of day, etc.)

    Estimated Completed Time:

    85 Minutes

    Tasks:
    1. Install Squid Proxy Server:-

    a. root@boss[~]#yum y install squid


    Or

    b. root@boss[~]#rpm ivh

    squid-2.6.STABLE6-3.el5.i386.rpm

    Package: squid
    /etc/squid

    -- primary configuration container

    /etc/squid/squid.conf

    -- primary configuration file

    /usr/sbin/squidclient

    -- used to test Squid Proxy Server

    /var/log/squid

    -- primary log directory

    /var/spool/squid

    -- cache directory container

    2. Stat Squid, and ensure that it starts when the system reboots:-

    a. service squid start or /etc/init.d/squid


    b. checkconfig

    --level

    35

    squid

    start

    on

    Note:

    Ensure that ample/fast disk storage is available for: /var/spool squid

    Note:

    Squid defaults Port is (TCP):3128

    3. Configure Firefox browser and Internet Explorer to use Squid Proxy Server.
    4. Configure Squid to

    a. vim

    b. acl

    allow LAN access through, to resources

    /etc/squid/squid.conf

    lan_users

    c. http_access

    src
    allow

    192.168.60.0/24
    lan_users

    5.

    Deny 192.168.60.10, but allow ALL other users from the local subnet:
    a. acl

    lan_bad_users

    b. http_access
    6.

    deny

    src

    192.168.60.10

    lan_bad_users

    Other Important Configurations:

    acl

    blockfiles

    urlpath_regex

    acl

    blockweb dstdomain

    acl

    workdays time

    "/etc/squid/blocks.files.acl"

    "/etc/squid/blockweb"

    M T W H F

    http_access

    deny

    blockweb workdays

    http_access

    deny

    blockfiles

    deny_info

    ERR_BLOCKED_FILES

    blockfiles

    7. In Squid Directory:
    a. Squid content filtering: Block / download of music MP3, mpg, mpeg, exec files

    #/etc/squid/blocks.files.acl

    \.[Ee][Xx][Ee]$
    \.[Aa][Vv][Ii]$
    \.[Mm][Pp][Gg]$
    \.[Mm][Pp][Ee][Gg]$
    \.[Mm][Pp]3$
    \.[Tt][Oo][Rr][Rr][Ee][Nn][Tt]$

    # vi ERR_BLOCKED_FILES
    <HTML>
    <HEAD>
    <TITLE>ERROR: Blocked file content</TITLE>
    </HEAD>
    <BODY>
    <H1>File is blocked due to new IT policy</H1>
    <p>Please contact helpdesk for more information:</p>
    Phone: 555-12345 (ext 080)<br>
    Email: ithelpdesk@hp.com<br>

    b. Squid Deny Users Accessing a Website

    #/etc/squid/blockweb
    -i sex.*\.avi$
    -i orkut.*\.avi$
    .orkut.com
    .naukri.com
    .jobsahead.com
    .monster.com
    .shaadi.com

    .timesjobs.com
    .bharatmatrimony.com
    .matrimonialsindia.com
    .jeevansathi.com
    .simplymarry.com
    .kproxy.com
    .bittorrent.com
    .torrentz.com

    8. SARG is a Squid Analysis Report Generator is a tool that allows you to view "where" your
    users are going to on the Internet means users activities, times, bytes, sites, etc...
    Package : sarg-2.3.1.tar

    Prepared by :
    Shishir Kumar Sahu

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