Re: [squid-users] trying to block exe files ...

the bext slution is that

block urls like :
acl blockedfiles url_regex -i \.exe$ \.cab$ \.exe\?.*$ \.cab\?.*$
http_access deny blockedfiles

and also block mime type of contants
acl mime rep_mime_type -i ^application/octet-stream$ ^application/x-msdownload$
http_access deny mime

On 5/13/05, Kenn <kenn@thebytebusiness.com> wrote:

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> Greetings.
>
> I'm attempting to block .exe and .cab files, and my attempt seems to
> work part of the time but not always. I've often received the proper
> page stating that I was prohibited from downloading such files, but
> occasionally they ARE downloaded and appear as such in my logs.
>
> Here's what I've tried:
>
> acl blockedfiles url_regex -i \.exe$ \.cab$
> http_access deny blockedfiles
>
> Can anyone please tell me what I've done wrong?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Kenn
>
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