Re: [Fwd: Squid patch]

On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 12:47:59PM +0100, Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
> Sorry for the late response.
>
> Have now added a link to this from devel.squid-cache.org.

Thanks.

> If you want, we can create a branch on devel.squid-cache.org for this, to
> keep it maintained with current Squid developments.
>
> I am a little bit indecided upon if integrating MySQL lookups into Squid like
> this is a a good idea, or if it is better to use the generic external_acl
> approach <http://devel.squid-cache.org/external_acl/>. With the external_acl
> approach an external helper is used for performing the lookup, and the
> results are cached within Squid to avoid exessive lookups.

Agreed. I created this patch before Henrik had implemented external_acl
(or at least, created a branch for it). In fact, I have been using
external_acl for the past few months as it does allow me even more
specefic access control.

There have been a few people who have contacted me about using my patch.
I usually give them info on external_acl too. I suppose for the
non-programmer my patch may be a little easier to get going. The better
way to solve this problem though, is probably to implement some sort of
generic mysql helper for use with external_acl, which I would be willing
to look into.

On the subject, I was hoping that external_acl would be included in
squid 2.5?

Thanks.

--
Matthew