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Squid Proxy Server For SBM

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 For SBM

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: [email protected]<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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