Re: [squid-users] URL redirection

Amos Jeffries-2 wrote:
>
> rcbandit wrote:
>>
>>
>> Amos Jeffries-2 wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I would like to ask you is there a way to configure squid to redirect
>>>> IPs.
>>>> I want squid to read IP's from file saved in .TXT format saved on HDD
>>>> or
>>>> server on internet. And when user's IP matches with the IP from the TXT
>>>> file
>>>> squid redirects it to external URL hosted on remote server.
>>> Umm, what exactly are you trying to do with this?
>>> There are several scenarios each with different solutions possible.
>>>
>>> Please note the IPs do not have a 1:1 relationship with URLs so
>>> rewriting
>>> a URL based on it's IP is not generally possible.
>>> For example, the URL http://www.google.com/ for example has several
>>> hundred geo-located IPs (not all of which are visible at any time or at
>>> all), and each of those IPs has a few dozen domain names.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Second question - is there a way to configure squid to read the
>>>> external
>>>> TXT
>>>> file every 10 minutes for example so when I manually enter new IP or
>>>> remove
>>>> old one squid reads it and reconfigure itself.
>>> No.
>>> For this type of thing use an external_acl_type helper. They are tested
>>> live for every request with an optional caching time in seconds for the
>>> results.
>>>
>>> I'm getting a vague Idea about what you are trying to do, I don't think
>>> you want redirection at all. But please state what it is clearly so we
>>> can
>>> be of more help.
>>>
>>> Amos
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> I want to write a PHP billing system for ISPs and web hosting. It's a
>> hobby
>> project.
>> My idea is to control the access to the internal servers with squid and
>> PHP
>> program. When the owner of the server don't pay squid blocks the access.
>> I will write a PHP program witch will pass IPs to the squid using .TXT
>> file.
>> Squid reads the IPs from the file and blocks the access. So I need a way
>> to
>> force squid to read that .TXT file.
>
> Definitely external_acl_type then.
>
> FWIW all the CDN providers I know of (self included) have some form of
> this already existing in practice. Often more efficiently integrated
> into the local authentication mechanisms than .txt method would allow for.
>
> The formal Quota feature is also being worked on to integrate finer
> control into later Squid releases.
>
> Amos
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>
>

How to integrate squid's local authentication mechanisms with PHP program.
Do you know how to do it?

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